The cladding melted
fell from our eyes
with the bodies of our children
the illusion of a caring society
gone up in smoke
we see with the eyes of the dead now
staring out from hollow windows
of black towering truth…
Prejudice fanned into flame with newspaper
smears soot-stained into walls
facts distorted into twisted metal
figures spun into smoke
humanity costed into ash
behind closed doors
twenty-four floors of hopes and dreams
incinerated like rubbish…
The anger of the poor
once lit
burns deep
and only justice
can extinguish it
we see with the eyes of the dead now
we know what the dead know
we are not to blame.
For the people of Grenfell Tower, living and dead.
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