ANOTHER TAKE ON FEUDALITY AND THE STATUS QUO

 Following on from my blog of 23rd May - IS THIS FUEDALITY - with a sub-heading of

MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO OKAY FOR SOME?

I wrote HERITAGE during March of this year. It compliments another poem entitled ‘FEUDALITY’

I may post it later as it is still work in progress to some extent.

HERITAGE

there’s a myth

strolling around

in soft suede shoes

a methodical incessant rhythm

of ongoing sound 

images too                 

images that resonate and resonate

turn the pages

we should

but we don’t 

we can’t 

it’s the drip feed found

with continuity

with familiarity

it’s the tradition that’s

etched into the mind

that subdues

that has subjugated

for centuries

so here we are

still paying our dues

still tugging the forelock

(or should it be fetlock!)

and opening doors

but not our door

as submit we have 

continuously done

as the distance for you

between being able 

to put food on the table

and wealth of a few

dictate to the many 

the you

that really matter

John Edwards (C) 

19th March 2021