We did not fire the missiles
But we provoked the bear
The blame is never all one side
We need to show more care
Listen to our history
Read the lessons there
One side shows aggression
But the other has its share
Lucy Worsley spoke about
The English fight with Rome
And how an edict from the pope
Brought trouble back at home
Elizabeth went hunting priests
And put them to the sword
All because a guy in Rome
Spoke a careless word
The violence of Russia
Is clear for us to see
But the western press against the bear
Is hidden from you and me
Putin’s virtue or his vice
Is not the case in point
But the west’s encroaching presence
Ready to wreck the joint
Brian Fahy
20 July 2022
+ ‘Stay close to the Americans,’ Boris Johnson’s parting words today. I disagree. Let the US look after itself and withdraw from its overbearing influence. Let England come home to itself and learn anew to be a good and reliable member of Europe. Let Scotland be free. Let Ireland be reunited in peace. Let these things happen in their own good time.
Erris Poetry 