Catechism for Gaza

Here's a chant/song for Gaza. To be done as a call and response with the caller giving the line and the chorus echoing it back. To a yomping rhythm...

(single column version to copy/paste and print below)

 Caller Response 
 Rishi Sunak's a disgrace   Rishi Sunak's a disgrace
 Starmer is a waste of space Starmer is a waste of space
   A disgrace A disgrace   
   Waste of Space Waste of Space   
Both disgrace the human race Both disgrace the human race
   
Biden is a senile fool Biden is a senile fool
Zionists use him as a tool Zionists use him as a tool 
   Senile fool Senile fool   
   Zionist tool Zionist tool   
The Zionist cult is really cruel The zionist cult is really cruel
   
Murdering children is not fine Murdering children is not fine
Genocide is a war crime Genocide is a war crime
   Its not fine Its not fine   
   A war crime A war crime   
Netanyahoo should serve time Netanyahoo should serve time
   
Israel is a terror state Israel is a terror state
Zionism's a cult of hate Zionism's a cult of hate
   Terror state Terror state   
   Cult of hate Cult of hate   
Gaza don't deserve this fate Gaza don't deserve this fate
   
Bombing kids is inhumane Bombing kids is inhumane
Our leaders they are all to blame Our leaders they are all to blame
   Inhumane Inhumane   
   All to blame All to blame   
To them we call "on you be shame" To them we call "on you be shame"
   
Palestine she will be free Palestine she will be free
From the river to the sea From the river to the sea
   Will be free Will be free   
   To the sea To the sea   
Peace is what we want to see Peace is what we want to see
   
   Free Free Palestine   
 repeat ad lib  

 

Aside from the poem for the new "king", I see it is almost a year since I last posted here. Many has been the time whilst out and about on my doings that I started to compose in my head some comment of a topic of the day, but somehow I never got round to writing them done. Life intervened and things moved on. Even writing in my head can be quite cathartic though.

What is a King?

 

So What IS a King?

 

What makes a king?

What makes a king real?

What does she do?

How does she live?

 

Does a king have a palace? One that is bigger than mine?

With servants to dress him, and chefs for his food.

Does she sit on a throne encrusted with jewels,

Raised up on dais with symbols of old?

 

Was his mother a king, and her father before her?

A dynasty born in trouble and strife.

A throne that was stolen by invasion and war,

Or simply invited to preserve an elite.

 

Does he care for the people, and when did we choose him?

To father our nation and be closer to god?

Do we make a divide between royal and common?

Is this how we tell what it is to be king?

 

No. That is not kingship. Not for my world.

A true king has nothing, he gives all he gets.

He provides us with succour for body and mind.

Her throne is a tree, his sceptre a flower.

 

He stewards the realm, and all life that is lived here.

He enables all people to flourish and thrive.

Her power is immense, but her touch it is light.

She heals and she nurtures, and pays us with love.

 

She is king for a season, but he's one of us.

For we are the people who consent to her kingship.

A debt that has to be royally repaid.

The people empowered live lives that are free.

 

So NO to hereditary, and NO to your power trip.

If I did not choose you, you can't be my king.

Let royalty wither,

let courtiers fall,

let palaces crumble and old kings be no more.

Arise the republic with fair shares for all.