Roll out the red carpet – but not for Daniel Craig
He might be good for quantum leaps or doing a stunt
Let the red, red carpet of poppies made by Haig
Acknowledge all the men who fought the line at the front
Roll out the red carpet – but not for super models
That media, paparazzi and the PR mollycoddles
Let the red carpet represent our worthy forces
Who gave us freedom, setting history on its different courses
Roll out the red carpet – not for X Factor wishfuls
Who cry when they lose out, yet life is still theirs to sing
Let the red carpet be a memory of the wistful
Wasted, wearied bodies, resting under angels wings
Roll out the red carpet, the Cenotaph is paved
Wreathed in poppies carpeting our path, our lives saved.
Diana Moore, Horton-cum-Studley
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