{"id":2470,"date":"2013-04-17T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2013-04-17T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:57:08","slug":"some-words-on-margaret-thatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Some words on Margaret Thatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gedbhoy, who has written one or two poems for the site before, sent us this. \u00a0It is excellent. Take some time to read it, and savour it.<\/div>\n
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A Poem for the Death of Thatcher<\/b><\/div>\n
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When Thatcher dies, I\u2019ll close my eyes and take some time to send,<\/div>\n
a thought on how she lived her life and how she met her end.<\/div>\n
I\u2019ll offer up to lifeless skies a final contemplation,<\/div>\n
of one who crucified a land through mad determination.<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve waited for this news so long, my patience has been tried.<\/div>\n
But now the day and hour has come: she\u2019s dead and I\u2019m alive.<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve waited years for happy news of final destination.<\/div>\n
The single trip of one who ruled with spite and desperation.<\/div>\n
I hope she likes her lonely boat to where the fallen dwell.<\/div>\n
I hope the hinges do not squeak when close the gates of Hell.<\/div>\n
I know it will be warm down there, for Satan has his pride.<\/div>\n
He lights an incandescent flame, for friends of his who\u2019ve died.<\/div>\n
He likes to keep the fires stoked and burning night and day.<\/div>\n
His daemons work with strength and zest to keep the cold at bay.<\/div>\n
They love their job; they toil with glee, down in the constant gloom.<\/div>\n
They\u2019ll make sure Margaret doesn\u2019t chill when cloistered in her tomb.<\/div>\n
She\u2019ll have the warmth to ponder long on all her schemes and lies.<\/div>\n
The daemons never dim the flames, for they weren\u2019t privatised.<\/div>\n
So farewell Iron Lady now: your memories are black.<\/div>\n
The Gates of Hades firmly shut: the Devil wants you back.<\/div>\n
The Hounds of Hell are on their mark: they\u2019re restless for a run.<\/div>\n
They haven\u2019t fed since Reagan came: they\u2019re pining for the gun.<\/div>\n
With luck a creeping fear will call, and chill your very soul.<\/div>\n
A dread like those you sent abroad when killing steel and coal.<\/div>\n
So taste the air that Satan shares, and peer into the gloom.<\/div>\n
The dogs of war are on your scent: they\u2019ll rush you to your doom.<\/div>\n
Don\u2019t try to leave, for this is home: don\u2019t try to dodge or run.<\/div>\n
The pups are only passing shades of cruelties you\u2019ve done.<\/div>\n
The viciousness deep in your heart: the well of poisoned thoughts.<\/div>\n
They came with you as company for Lucifer\u2019s dark sports.<\/div>\n
I\u2019d like to offer you some hope, some dream of charity.<\/div>\n
Some recompense for how you looked on our society.<\/div>\n
Oh dear, it seems you haven\u2019t much writ down that stands for good.<\/div>\n
You weren\u2019t as nice, when Tory boss as fate says that you should.<\/div>\n
An iron heel, on iron boot: an iron will so strong.<\/div>\n
A people longing for some hope \u2018gainst punishments so long.<\/div>\n
But kindness wasn\u2019t in your heart: you lusted for the fight.<\/div>\n
You swept away all that was good, and turned our day to night.<\/div>\n
So fiendish canines, do your work: I hope your teeth are keen.<\/div>\n
Give her the quarter she gave us: and nothing in between.<\/div>\n
So snap and grind and yelp and bawl and bite and tear and munch.<\/div>\n
We veterans of Thatcher\u2019s fight are sure you\u2019ll like your lunch.<\/div>\n
She gave us greed and selfishness: she taught us wrong was right.<\/div>\n
She gave us generations new, who didn\u2019t give a light.<\/div>\n
But that is gone. Your dreams are done: regained our will to think.<\/div>\n
The Reaper\u2019s polished off his work: from him you could not shrink.<\/div>\n
I hope he smiled when you breathed last, I hope his scythe was slow.<\/div>\n
I hope you cried, when in his eyes you saw where you would go.<\/div>\n
One final laugh, one final sound, his striking blade does peal.<\/div>\n
Farewell from all of us you scorned: it\u2019s forged from Scottish steel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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