"Democracy; oh! It seems she's dying...
Her guardians weave the final black shroud."
A short collection of political verse by up-and-coming London poet Lallafa Jeltz:
- "None Of The Above"
- "Ode To Magna Carta"
- "Civil Disobedience"
- "The Road To Number Ten"
- "Blameless Tiers"
- "Democracy: An Epitaph"
(First published 11 April 2015; approx 1,500 words.)
Cover artwork by WyrdStar.
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Lallafa Jeltz is the pen-name of a London-based writer, whose hobbies include confusing tourists, drawing moustaches on newspaper pictures of celebrities and shouting at the screen during BBC's Question Time.
Democracy: An Epitaph is Lallafa's first poetry collection. Her book, Brexit: A Haiku Diary, is also available from WyrdStar.