if it is not one thing

if it is not the shooting of a London lad

and the baton beatings of an innocent  girl

and the corruption of bribed police 

and the lack of integrity of journalists

then it is the opportunism of youth

who see smashed glass and dive through to loot

video captured with stereos in view

and jails bulge with hundreds rounded up

when crime is always only for a few

talking heads back from holidays in suits

focus upon property and insurance

while battered poor in Birmingham and Manchester

join with Liverpool in wondering the issue-

is it really property burning /smashed?

or the heads of protestors /dashed

by any hope of integrity/in public authorities 

which they see as occupation forces

Civil war?or uncivil conduct?Your car

plundered makes for indignation righteous 

while the nation is asking other questions

Will it be police state/business as usual

while watching the economy fall?

Relying upon fearful tourist income

Olympic Games on the streets of Tottenham?

or will the cut fund young find fun in looting and burning

while police and thieves re-run Thatcherism?