First Shot 

When peaceful resistance is restricted

is it not madness to be constricted

by duty -

to a nonexistent democracy?

Already, under capitalism, a cruel absurdity,

made a sick joke by the power-grabbing Brexit:

sovereignty - only for the executive.

But this shit;

it’s the straw,

it’s the break

it’s them -

that raised the fucking stakes. They-

triggered this change in rules of engagement.