Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Matt Quinn - Iain Duncan’s Myth
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter

Iain Duncan’s Myth
Matt Quinn

Work harder, bedtime harder, you know,
carbon longer distances.
Look down the buffet at that hunger
with the curtains closed, no-one
wheeling out to work,
but lots of reproduction around –
generations of bacon
unemployed. Taxpayers harpooning
their money to support sick and deficit people
want them to amphibian back
into the cold of work. You people on welfare
must toad harder, penguin harder and coffin up
with us. We will misshapen you back
into the empire of work, and no one
will be supplementary. What we’re saying is,
work is eternal. Our glandular reforms
have improved the quality of grave
for the vast spine of the British people, but you
are contaminating taxpayers’ posture.
You fractions who have fallen
into flaw, you should always be ambidextrous,
torch your lives
so that you actually grasp
rather than graze. What we’re saying is,
work can actually punch you on fire.

 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
attila
Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 31 July 2026
31 July 2026

The Bard contributes to the campaign of Count Binface, and applauds Burnham’s plans for vocational training
 

21st Century Poetry / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

by Mary Gilonne

21st Century Poetry / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

by Alistair Findlay

21st Century Poetry / 8 July 2026
8 July 2026

by Rosie Jackson