i am a child of thatcher
who uses a council estate childhood
to mask the fact i am a materialist bitch
who just wants a new kitchen
i recycle.
but scrub mold of the bathroom tiles with chemicals
that flow down the plug and annialate unclassified marine species
i have blood on my hands
and apathy is my shield
i stitch my guilt into handmade cards
boycott nestle
spit at asda adverts
and make sure my children are frighteningly cynical
so perhaps blair’s children
might use middle class england
and american soap
as the masks they wear in their determination to save the world.
