For whom the axe falls

For whom the axe falls - a dedication for the dedicated This is for the storm-fallen still-forming apples, The unfulfilled potentials, The brilliant minds, The axed with no axe to grind. This is for the respected yet redundant Gone-too-sooners, Nipped by austerity frost Before their buds got to bloomers, Faith-in-the-process, And protest-tuners. This is for the always-there-when-you-needers, Flood-emergency-call-leaders, Cut to the core and the kindness still flows - Love-bleeders. This is for the unjustified leavers, Parting through gritted-teeth (We see you, not-usual-seethers). This is for the long-servers, The ones who wanted to be retirement-swervers*. The undeservers. You deserve so much more Than this dedication - Dear colleagues, friends, hard-workers, neighbours, We'll never get to see the full fruits Of your labours. A Wensley 26.03.2025 - Dedicated to those who are ending their Somerset Council careers this week, through no fault of their own * definition - someon...