Just some thoughts about a story that wasn't the main one on the news today. Didn't even make it on to the front pages of a some of the English papers.

"A dreadful disaster"

Your journey's done now,
Your journey's over
From homes in China
To distant Dover

You came in peace here
You came to work here,
We never knew you –
You died in the darkness.

We tried to keep you
Outside our border
A shuttered country
You could not enter.

You came in secret
Hidden and silent
Lying in the darkness
Breathing your last there.

Fifty eight bodies,
Just two survivors
Who should we blame now?
Let's blame the driver.

There was some film shown
You were waiting in Belgium
Just hardly children,
Tired out with travelling.

Oh what a pity,
Let's turn the channel.
We're not to blame, no.
Let's watch the football.

Let's watch the football
England defeated.
All through the papers.
"What a dreadful disaster"

We've had a thread about Plane Crash at Los Gatos the last few days - nothing much changes.