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CORRUPTING THE WORKING CLASSES
By P B Taylor
I
With their silly strange little minds
Encased in a personal wrap-around anatomy
They chide them with their dubious finds
Always full of a petulant reluctance
II
I came her only for the short argument
Both sides searched but find none
Reality charms were never a cement
More the dreary mortician’s deal done
III
We laughed of course or so it seemed
Gaping into that sliding stupid oblivion
Whilst silently shocked I suddenly gasped
I was corrupting our splendid living nation
Amersham May 1973
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
CORRUPTING THE WORKING CLASSES
By P B Taylor
I
With their silly strange little minds
Encased in a personal wrap-around anatomy
They chide them with their dubious finds
Always full of a petulant reluctance
II
I came her only for the short argument
Both sides searched but find none
Reality charms were never a cement
More the dreary mortician’s deal done
III
We laughed of course or so it seemed
Gaping into that sliding stupid oblivion
Whilst silently shocked I suddenly gasped
I was corrupting our splendid living nation
Amersham May 1973
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
