'A Strong And Stiffly Worded Letter Should Do The Trick'

Dear war makers and war takers

Twitchy button pushers and mushroom cloud worshippers

Bomb botherers and gun polishers

Chemical weapon wielders and coup-cooers

Battle cry criers and army gatherers

Bullet loaders and knife sharpeners

Death collators, chief whips and spins and

Dear kings and dear lords and dear right honourables

To all the Dear Mr Presidents

And Dear Mr Prime ministers -

Thank you for taking some time to read this letter

I am writing to make a small request –

Please could you all just take a fucking day off

Go to the park, feed the ducks, read a book

Take a break and put down your war stirring spoons

Shush with your fighting talk

Stop with your itchy button pushy fingers

Quit being so trigger happy

Give your eye-for-an-eye campaign a rest

Just take some time out –

Do your laundry, water your plants, visit your mother

Pull a sickie, have a duvet day

Watch a whole season of Breaking Bad

But just stop.

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This poemfilm is also on my tumblr here