SIMPLE ECONOMICS

We will work
where they will not.

We will learn
where they refuse.

They talk amongst themselves,
say we steal their jobs.

They talk,
we work.

(C) John Siddique
From 'The Prize' (Rialto)

'Simple Economics' E card
this poem was used to promote
national poetry day 2008,
you can send it as an e card
www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk

See Blackpool arts page for an
interview and workshop based on this poem