Time for an Easter rising
of singing hymns of football fans
mid high street throngs
for easter hams.
Eggs soaring wingless,
sales march onward, maskingtruth of retailers' blessings
from costs escalating;
and petrol prices flaring on
through shortage fears
- no trips to Gran. -
Good news short-lived cheap cocoa crowning
thorny consciences are drowning
demand for chocolate icons soars,
symbols of religious bores
celebration long forgotten
instead to mammon children glutton
in contemplation raise their faces
arc across our modern church
in digital we now believe
whilst older generations sink
retreat into their church to think
Irish minds turn back the clock
and take a moments' hush to look
96 years of Republican pride,
unity and sacrifice find
space upon the retailers aisles
whilst poorer shoppers stay home, bored
make simple Easter orisons
by empty piggy bank they swear
- next year they'll be abroad...
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