THE WINDRUSH GENERATION (weekly poem)

THE WINDRUSH GENERATION

 

The Westminster Abbey service on 22/6/18 to celebrate the

70^th Anniversary of the Windrush Generation was entirely

unconnected with the government's recent Windrush Scandal.

 

The Windrush Generation came,

To gentle Albion;

Then came ashore and were abused,

And then were sat upon.

 

The Windrush Generation came,

And in this Babylon;

Had rooms at B&B’s refused, (1)

And then were spat upon.

 

The Windrush Generation came,

And settled hereupon;

In rubbish jobs and were misused,

And then were rat upon.

 

The Windrush Generation came,

And the Home Office con;

Meant all of them were then accused,

And then were shat upon.

 

(1) “No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs”.

 

© Richard Layton