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There may be an element of the fridge calling the freezer white in this & @snigskitchen did something a bit similar sooner but here's a poem I've called:
"Lol"
which, I'm told, can be a diminutive of Laurence.

(c) Rawdon Crozier 2020; licensed for not for profit transmission
1/
I.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
Yet the world can't see my plight
I get no sympathy or comfort
For being rich
And male
And white.

2/
II.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
Nobody feels for me
For having rich white views
And airing them,
On the BBC.

3/
III.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
They're re-writing history
And inserting coloured faces
When History's white,
Like me.

4/
IV.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
The injustice makes me rail
I want to set my people free,
Like those rich white folk
Who own the 'Mail'

5/
V.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
Actors who've succeeded
Moaning life was tough
I had a private education!
I really had it rough.

6/
VI.
I'm so mad
I just can't stand it
I want to make it plain
That when you've been born
Both rich and white
Neither influence,
Nor Wealth
Can ever ease the pain.

(c) Rawdon Crozier 2020; licensed for not for profit transmission

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