a pigeon who marshalls 

a hall of endless queues

lost laptop tizzy dash, 

fined for excess baggage

bang to rights. 

unlike lucy letby 

who should  be lucy let go

over doubts so reasonable 

that incarceration 

can not be condoned

there is no greater evil 

than the power of the state 

wielded against justice.

this is a bit light hearted for a protest poem, but i do think lucy letby’s conviction is unsafe. i think we are too trusting of a criminal justice system that is deeply flawed. i have jury service tomorrow and will try not to propagate any further such miscarriages. if in doubt, one must acquit.

the lost laptop tizzy dash – this was the first time this happened to me. my laptop was the same colour as the airport security tray. so i just left it in the tray. then had a nervous pang an hour later and ran back and luckily the security people had found it and returned it to me. then a few months later, at a different airport, i did the exact same thing.