Poetry24: It's Dark Satire

Monday, 10 December 2018

It's Dark Satire

It's Dark Satire

Iain Duncan Smith
Is donating sugar
Irony dies, suffocating
In demonic smile

© Janine Booth

When Tory MPs visit foodbanks

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