Standing Ovation
Everyone sits there
Thinking the same thing.
All it takes is for one person to get to their feet,
Start the applause,
And everyone will follow,
Like waves crashing against a harbour wall,
Suicidal moles in an arcade game.
Populations will rise,
Like the prehistoric genesis of mountains,
Released.
It only takes two palms, one second, of skin on skin.
And on 17th December, Mohamed Bouazizi stood and clapped.
By Owen Collins