Quiet now Elizabeth, do not stir

Ben, stop the clock

and mourn, in the same way

you should have fallen silent

when the people woke

to see the smouldering remains

of Grenfell Tower,

like you should have urged Liberty

to bow her head in shame

when an American school comes

under fire, like you should have requested

to Christ the King that in the face

of overwhelming destruction

of its rainforest, he should atone

and bring down suffering on those