Batten down the hatches
Man the barricades
Prepare to defend your privilege
From the grenades of the betrayed
Send in water cannons
Baptise the unholy few
Shoot them with rubber bullets
But duck if they rebound onto you
Let sirens be of comfort
Reclaim the streets and the ‘feds’
Then raze the estates to the ground
And build a Tesco there instead
Let’s not look for reasons
Or concern ourselves with truth
Let’s just shout out ‘treason’
And blame it all on youth
Drugs will sedate them
Violence? Just self-harm
And if the prescription fails
Just carry on, keep calm
MW Bewick 