Rebel And The Royal Poem by guy lipmore

Investiture day was set,
'Jenkins' didn't want to let.
Because the 'pretender' to the thrown,
Was not 'home grown'!
Other events was to influence,
For the 'rebel' to stop the prince.
Drowned valley, MPs against,
Voices ignored, he resents.

July first, sixty nine,
He wanted to undermine.
Nothing happened,
Contrary to what he planned
Day come and gone,
Youngster, maimed by 'faulty' bomb.
Two of his 'own',
They died, bodies strewn.

Drastic action took,
The authorities it shook.
Bombs, explosives,
Who planted devices?
Police didn't have a clue,
Who could do! !

So the prince was crowned,
'Rebellion' drowned.
'Jenkins' caught, put on trial and jailed,
Ten years he got, regret he always defied.

Four decades been and gone,
Life has moved on.
Nothing changed, bar the assembly,
But no true liberty.! !