The Church of England Today

leadership
new messiahs
bandwagon

church
scandals
dwindling disciples

take course
down pills
super- vicar every four hours

convince you
divine dictatorship
the way

get power
get glory
put conscience away

proscribed dose
hook-line
sinker

leadership leadership
only way
church of england today

leadership leadership
peter ball
church of england today

copyright a shyvicar

(first draft whilst listening to “The Teardrop Explodes”)

election 2017

purile debate
gagging for air
left right
talk about a
britain no longer there

this isn’t the 1950’s
empire has long gone
this isn’t the 1970’s
‘jimmy savile’
words that  say it all

prim proper may
bearded corbyn
had their day
get the feather dusters
brush cobwebs away

a dead press
rages against dying light
desperate for sensation
disaster
to halt the night

vine and maitliss
roll naked on the floor
flash of manly chest
a nip slip
will viewers watch once more?

internet full
naked images of them
fake as debates
in the 2017
election

copyright a shyvicar

updated whilst listening to “The Icicle Works”.