Cardigan

Unbutton the front of history
Let in some air

See the man who led then fled
His five hundred men in the Valley of Death

Arrogance gave him up
Such vanity and privilege

As you pull on your woollen cardy
Take a moment, please

Reflect on a man whose behaviour
Caused London’s Times to thunder

One law for the rich
Another for the poor

Remember who writes the rules
And who those rules are for

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n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 29 prompt: Select a word Taylor Swift used from a list of words used by Taylor Swift. Here the word Cardigan, conjures up the memory of the infamous Lord Cardigan (1797 – 1868) of The Light Brigade. A man who unwittingly, single-handedly did so much for democratic reforms in the UK, bless his cotton socks.

American sonnet?

CLP 29/04/2024