for Katrina

(Brighton, 1984)

The sensitive newsreader cries in Ethiopia
and we admire
Emotion a delicacy that surprises us more than murder
Mrs Thatcher, we're with you
in your blitz pyjamas
We put the effects under microscope
while the cause gets off
He steps out of his uniform and kills
Capitalism's extended hours reach out and embrace you
in a till of love
We forget his orders that want the country renovated