Royally Yours Poem by Alexander Downie

Put on your best clothes, the news is on today,
a billion smiles on TV, another fleeting moment to pass away.
Roll out red, white and crisp new blue bunting, your best Union Jack,
have a street party, this wonderful day was made specially for you.

Relax in a big armchair after you consumed a few celebration beers,
a cup of tea and a new commemorative mug to cherish for a few years.
Forget the children with limbs torn from bodies in strange oil rich lands,
our children with no schools past 16, no jobs, no hope, no way to demand.