Under the rubble
An outstretched hand
Lies next to a paper stating
"This building is safe"
Splattered in blood
This document of death
Contains the signatures
Of a multitude of Judases
Who sentenced
Them To death
The papers are being shredded now, the emails too
Laws passed disowned and discarded
Just like you,
Under the rubble
An outstretched hand
Pleading…
Don’t ever let them
Do this to you
David R. Mellor is from Liverpool, England. He spent his late teens homeless on Merseyside. He is currently writing and performing in Turkey. His work has been featured by the BBC and the Tate, and his published collections of poetry are What a Catch (2013), Some Body (2013), Express Nothing (2019) and So This Is It (2020). His collection of stories An Englishman in Turkey – Türkiye’de Bir İngiliz is recently published in Turkish.
