Remember remember in November
The fall guy that they put on the bonfire
Was Guy Fawkes a bad man, or a member
Of the wrong group? Does he deserve his pyre?
Should we preserve his image, pluck the lyre
In honour of his pluck, or castigate
Him as a nasty man prone to conspire
Against the general good, the hand of fate?
The fireworks start much earlier of late
Kids throw them, blow themselves up, dismember
Themselves or others. Brothers, town crier
Lord Mayor, Your Majesty, defuse the hate
Don't wait till we're reduced to an ember
Free speech or death! The plot sickens, good sire...
Thur 1 Nov 07
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