Populists

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Populists

Come in two sorts:
Lower and Upper.
The first is tattooed
And overweight in
Manufactured outrage.
They may wear
Baseball caps
Back-to-front.
When not pig-tailed
Or skin-headed.
They walk with jaunty,
Penguin truculence,
Faces belligerent
With the resentment
Of a life that’s 
Going nowhere.

The upper lot is pink,
Porcine and drips 
Disdain for the other sort.
They speak in slow
Toff-accented drawls.
Smooth, happy faces
Crease into smiles
Of born entitlement.
They strut in
Tailored suits
With waistcoats
And may be seen
With scarlet braces.

What is it, you may ask
That these two tribes 
Can have in common?
The answer’s easy:
A shared dislike
Of the outsider.
That is to say,
Us!