A was a wall
A was a wall
Dividing East
From West
They tore me down
Used my bones
To build a patio
For a temple the
Modernists buried
Beneath an office block
In Shoreditch
Once I bore witness
To gladiatorial combat
An amphitheatre
In Colchester
A car park
Beneath tarmac
A burial site fit for a King
In Leicester
I was a statue hauled down
In Iraq
Pulled through the streets
In Bucharest
Adulterated in Moscow
In Bristol, it seems
To resonate louder
Than it should
Along with slavers
And insurrectionist
Warmongers
Are the lost Pharaohs
The pillaged tombs
Of the privileged
Rewrite my history
As if it had never happened
Before
When everyday
With the benefit
Of hindsight
A different version
Is given credence
Britain was an Imperial power
Now it is a colonial rapist
Where does the truth lie
Somewhere left
Of centre
Does it really matter
When the only true facts
Are the ones
We believe in
And they may be the
Ones that academic
Revisionists
With kind hearts
And an aversion to coronets
Now say
Might be wrong
Move right along
There is nothing to see here
Mind the gap
Keep clear of the doors
Like the weather
The times are always changing.