Ceaselessness

as you lie in bed on dialysis

the traffic lights

will continue to blink

Green

Amber

Red

locks will still be picked

with credit cards in the movies,

and whilst you swallow radiation

and receive your nuclear interrogation

Magpies will still pluck the eyes 

out of baby crows,

clocks will keep ticking

the world will keep spinning

and as you inject your heroin

and touch God with 

a euphoric embrace 

and when you have nothing 

left to do but chase 

the 

dragon

the institutions,

councils 

and corporations 

will continue 

to paint

LGBTQ+ flags 

on pavements,

roads

park benches

and fences

and

when you rushed 

from the trenches 

to protect your 

Queens defences,

it meant nothing,

you’ll remain unnamed 

in an unmarked grave

never knowing you’ve

been betrayed by

the people you

vowed to protect,

and as the veteran

sit’s in the street

wondering what he fought for, 

the Government 

have opened the door

and they ain’t going to stop

until there’s a new world war,

and as we all gather

to face Armageddon 

you better prey to hell

there’s a heaven