Poems of the Week

National Badgedy

by Julia Griffin

“[T]he Bank of England has announced that the next update of British banknotes will end the half-century tradition of designs featuring historic notables. … Nigel Farage posted a video on X about his fury… . Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said that Churchill ‘deserves better than being replaced by a badger’”
The Guardian

Brockedy shockedy,
National currency
Might exchange Churchill for
Badgers. Bizarre!

Pace those wearisome
Environmentalists,
This is a notion that
Earns no cigar.