"Mad Bad Dad"

Such a nice evening out for a meal
Who could have thought it would be so unreal
Leaving our little girl behind
Out of sight, out of mind.
I mean we only put her to bed
Didn’t expect her missing
Now presumed dead.
You can’t blame us
How were we to know
It’s not as if we’re the type
From the Jeremy Kyle Show.
How can you dare say
We did it ourself
Party of a plan
To accumulate wealth.
Those neglect claims make us wild
It just doesn’t happen
To a middle class child!
We tucked her up
All nice and safe
She wasn’t at risk
Like a council estate waif.
How dare you claim
The police are still on the case
As we’re white and posh
Instead of poor
With a black face?
 
Well…I’ve a message for the McCann’s
If that was a black girl from Peckham
They’d have washed their hands!
It’s not that I don’t care
I just want justice to be fair.
If this were a family
In the benefits trap
The Sun & The Mail
Would be full of crap
Calling for a case of neglect
Trial by media in effect.
It’s supposed to be austerity
All in this together
Yet it’s a continual Old Bill jolly
Out to Algarve’s nice weather.
Even though middle England will frown
It’s time to wind this case down
Take a deep breath
Look at the evidence and reflect

How about putting the parents
In the dock for neglect!

Dulwich Poet 3^rd November 2013

(Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment in the Algarve. She was almost four years old. Her parents had left her alone & were at a nearby restaurant. The case has been high profile with both the British police and media ever since. Her parents are both from a respectable middle class background…)