Dear Cousin

Meanwhile, Adnan crouches on the lower deck Watching the coastguards' headlights approaching then Two men in masks leap aboard,attach a rope and when Adnan tries to catch their eye they are off and gone Nobody's telling what is going on,what's going on Confusion is the element they're soaking in 800 of them crammed into a boat that's meant For stowing ten to thirteen Every time a person moves the vessel's lurching Every tendon in his body tense,his bones are stiff From crouching and it seems as if every cell is motion-sick He's from the mountains you know,he isn't meant for seas Missing his nephew and his friend Haseeb He shuts his eyes. That's when the panic hits The whole ship tips to the side - beads of an abacus The people are screaming as another tug rocks the boat Adnan is wide-eyed: there are children locked below There is little Simran! There is little Omar! Above the screams he pleads with the coastguards Please - please - stop pulling stop sirs! You will drown us, it will not work! But there is nobody available to hear Just the death slide and the flailing and the fear And the headlights of the coastguard boat watching As the dark swallows us all Wake Wake up! Dear cousin I am sickened from inside How the d'you ever get so distant from the light? When did hate become the central piston in your pride? And when d'you get so gullible to vicious little lies? Especially the lies of the lizard in his tie Who says really splendid Richard isn't it divine And takes your salary to mop his spillages of wine And keep you prisoned up inside a rigid little life? Thought I knew you You open spirited and kind Loyal to yr friends down for silliness and light Hearted banter no truck With restriction and divides As long as they don't tek emself too serious it's fine But now look Look as we swinging to the right Look as the Sun seeds division in yourr mind Look I don't care if your opinion isn't mine I don't care what liquid's in your pint Just f f f Dear cousin Meet me by the tunnel entrance I'll walk you through the gap between the fucking fences I take you to the shack where Omar dreams That he is choking on the sea like his friends did Wake up Wake up