Michael Edwards

A PATRIOT I (or A DOUBLE WHAMMY)

 

Patriotism

Loyalty to the nation

Not an almighty.

 

Proud to be British

Rejecting idolatry

Free from ritual.

 

A proud atheist

who doesn’t sing the anthem

is no hypocrite.

 

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Undemocratic

Hierarchical monarchy

Morally unjust.

 

What gives the right

to elite unelected

to wield such power?

 

The republican

who never sings the anthem

Is not a traitor.