FEALTY.

I’m not going to have the battle
For England’s soul
Fought on my soil;
The fanatics and fascists
Facing each other across the fence
Can do it somewhere else:
Tower Hamlets or
Dagenham or some sagging
Part of Lancashire, or
Preferably on the door step of
Those southern comfort zones
That don’t have a history
Of integration;
Anywhere but my land, where
Allegiance is deeper
Than dirt.