88. Own Goal

(“Water cannot be disconnected though.”
A tweet from Therese Coffey, work and pensions secretary,
in response to Marcus Rashford’s letter, 16 June 2020.)

How does a striker fill his lockdown days?
The schools are shut so Fairshare does this run
to get three million meals to kids in need.
Marcus is helping. He knows how it feels
to skip a meal because the money’s short,
to think electric, water might just go.
The breakfast clubs, the neighbours, free school meals
enabled him to do what he has done.
He writes a letter to MPs. They read:
“Find your humanity. Extend this scheme
to keep kids fed during the holidays.”

So will his plea get cabinet support?
Cue Thérèse Coffey, keen to kill the dream:
“But water can’t be disconnected though.”