“Right justified?”

I haven’t tried to space this poem correctly. So this is an image above, and the poem’s text is:

You who imagine ‘Here Be Dragons’ beyond \ these shores \ to set St George against himself, who \ drape England flags over \ motorway bridges and, \ demanding everyone give way always to the \ Right, \ paint a rash of red crosses on mini- \ roundabouts — wouldn’t \ you agree they were \ built to connect and \ painted to ease passage? \ there is equal opportunity on a roundabout and \ everyone has \ their own dragons to slay? What if \ some of them were hoarding \ offshore treasure?

Part of a poetic triptych relating to boat people, St George as asylum seeker, and our shameful response:

  1. “Us English”
  2. “Seeking asylum”
  3. “Right justified?”

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