• PORRAJIMOS – THE GREAT DEVOURING
    “Porrajimos” Is what the Gypsies call the Holocaust, And it came as no surprise To experienced Gypsy eyes, “ The Great Devouring”, For Nazi racial ideology With its delusory biology, Had already said the only way In the bright new day Where “Tomorrow belongs to me” In a thousand year Reich, Where Might is Right […]
  • ONE IN TEN
    It’s so easy to forget us, When remembering the Holocaust, The wearers of the pink triangle; But analysed from any angle, We are the one in ten, The women and the men, Who find true love and trust Within the confines of their own sex. But we were gassed en masse, So as to leave […]
  • Football and the Holocaust
    Football and the Holocaust THE BEAUTIFUL GAME In the old days of my youth, When I used to lie back in the dentist’s chair Ater a medicinal whiff of gas, With the drill resonating in my head, And all manner of contrivances stuck in my mouth, My mind sometimes used to drift away, As I […]
  • Technology, Referees and Di Canio
    The idea that technology is ideological, Is, in a sense, fundamental to Fascism; The idea that technology is neutral, Is, in a sense, fundamental to Liberalism. So how interesting to see that fascist salute from Di Canio, When celebrating before the fans of Lazio, Just after an Observer feature on the “goal” of Roy Carroll. […]
  • Three Minutes’ Silence
    When I was burgled, I lost some self-confidence, When I had my pocket picked, I lost all my self-confidence, I no longer took things naturally for granted, I saw danger where once I saw self-expression. So it is now with Nature and humanity, Where we once saw beauty, we now see cruelty: That precocious snowdrop […]