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The Spiders
(A New Labour Fallacy)
Ian Pindar
The government here is largely
made up of spiders. They don’t like us.
They tell us how lucky we are
to be ruled over by spiders
and how our enemies
are envious.
Only spiders
are rewarded with high positions
so we all want to be spiders
if it means getting on.
We don’t like spiders
but we’re resigned to becoming spiders
if that’s what it takes to defeat
the spiders.
Ian Pindar has published two poetry collections, Emporium and Constellations (both Carcanet). Emporium was shortlisted for The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for First Full Collection 2012. His poems have appeared in The Forward Book of Poetry 2011 and 2012, London Magazine, Magma, PN Review, Poetry Review, Stand and the Times Literary Supplement. This poem first appeared in Poets for Corbyn, a free anthology published by Pendant and Edited by Russell Bennetts.
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