Eggshells by Bill Saunders published on 2023-03-02T14:28:56Z You claim the moral high ground What right have you to decide? Basil and Edwina should be Banned for life You tell me how to talk now Throw all I’ve ever known To pander to the latest whim Forced out and alone Your fabricated language Leaves me paralysed Distant and unnatural Viewed through your distorted eyes Walking on eggshells Afraid of my own memory And all that was known from birth Linguistic enemy Twisted and turned Time to unlearn Can’t you see the satire? Should I explain? The genius in front of you No hero I’d plan to emulate In a world bereft of humour Blinded to the irony of a fairer world in your warped Head, you speak of equality Equality for all unless I disagree with what you said Hysteria grips our schools Following this latest trend Teachers running scared of labels To satisfy the need, ancient fact to bend Him or they or she or it Intolerance intoxication In the name of education Historical elimination