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Sophie Fenella - A Day in the Life
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A Day in the Life
Sophie Fenella
"I read the news today oh boy." To think
of February 13th 2003, teachers held the door as we
marched out the gate, armed with cardboard placards
we marched to Parliament Square, sat in roads,
smiled cheek at policemen, held hands and ran
as if running could move the earth.
I raised my middle finger proudly at Big Ben,
showing off to all my little friends who couldn’t know
everything that really meant. To think I called my Dad,
from Hyde Park Corner’s stage, his heart-clutching laugh
bellowed down the phone.
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