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Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says sorry
The Head of the Metropolitan Police gives evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee about three girls missing in Syria
Clearly it’s a terrible situation
That they find themselves in
Having lost their daughters
In such a horrible way.
I can only half imagine
What a parent is going through
So in that sense
I am sorry they’re in this situation.
I’m sorry we gave the letters addressed to them
To their daughters.
The letters telling them their daughters
Were friends with a girl who’d gone to Syria.
It must be horrible to know
That Shamima, Amira and Kadiza
Aged 15, 15 and 16
Have left for Syria
To join Islamic State.
I can only half imagine.
Clearly it’s a terrible situation.
In that sense I am sorry.
This poem was created out of Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe's evidence given to the Select Committee. Josephine Corcoran lives in Wiltshire. Her poetry pamphlet 'The Misplaced House' is published by tall-lighthouse.
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