Statues are falling and people are furious.
How can destruction like this be forgiven ?
Statues are falling and I find it curious:
Blocks of carved stone more protected than living
Humanity? Why is this rage thus directed?
An image of Churchill, a likeness of Rhodes
Being threatened sparks rage. That is to be expected:
As Britons we do tend to venerate those
Who have hurt people. People of colour especially.
We erect statues to people who’d done
Really terrible things. Perhaps now it’s expected. We
Need to acknowledge: a new world’s begun.
But while we are still mourning a statue’s demise
We’ve a long way to go before we realise.
Tom Juniper Poetry 