Lullaby to democracy,
3,500 troops,
Germany in the 1930s
Or Britain very soon?
The menace of martial law
Is the opposite of sovereignty
As we close the door
On civil liberties,
Like the right to protest,
Did any soldier join the military
To enforce this mess; this chaos
Or to carry their guns in our cities?
Young soldiers could not believe
We could conceive of this,
For the 52%, most of them deceived,
Who went to the ballot box
And voted to leave,
This is a ticking bomb, set
By our undemocratic government,
Who are using our military as a threat,
To push forward a dangerous agreement;
The clock ticking on a month’s postponement
In which they’ve gagged the rest of parliament,
“Quick, quick,”
The cabinet say,
Tick, Tock, Tick,
As time races away
On the fuse they lit,
Silencing calls for a people’s vote
As the populace turns against Brexit
And the government says “No”
To us choosing not to exit.
Antonia Sara Zenkevitch
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Word-weaver and artist. I'm Co-founder of Nott Normal; a Nottinghamshire based independent accessible, adaptive and gently provocative arts collaboration. Resident story-weaver for set of virtual Cottage in the Woods courses by Yelala from late autumn 2020, early Spring 2021. My writing and art have recently been part of Poems on Prescription, the National Museum of Justice's (UK) acclaimed Letters of Restraint, and The National Holocaust Memorial Centre's (UK) What is Testimony? Art and written work has appeared in various independent publications including LeftLion, Miknaf Haaretz, and Proliterat. I'm a warrior of various disabilities and chronic illnesses with an MA in Human Security (Peace and Human Development). I've worked in creative conflict resolution, sustainability & interfaith work. I stood for parliament (& local gov) in 2015, getting 9.9%, in the top 20 national results for the party. I've since left politics unless you count negotiating between three cats and a laptop. I love animals, my favourite humans, wild landscapes, accessible cities and the sea.
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