Header, Chant, Footer

Hashtag Placard Chant Statement Header Chant Footer It started as a hashtag With a handle and a flame Small enough to carry Big enough to name It moved onto a placard In a decent-looking font It learned to face the cameras And say exactly what it wants A chant inside the weather A rhythm in the street A phrase that kept on walking In a thousand borrowed feet It came in from the pavement It came in from the feed It came in through the language Of what people said we need It passed through the presenters It passed through the polls It passed through the party office And came back with controls The chant got a footer The chant got a date The chant got a header And learned to regulate The chant got a template The chant got a name The chant kept the rhythm But it didn’t sound the same Header Chant Footer Header Chant Footer Header above it Footer below it Now it knows where to stand The minister adjusted The useful middle part And wore it like conviction With a hand across the heart The sentence lost its shouting The edges were revised The meaning kept its jacket But the jacket changed its size The briefing called it balanced The panel called it clear The office called it necessary By the end of the year It came in full of weather It went out dry and clean It came in as a pressure It went out as routine It passed through three committees It softened on the way Then returned as current guidance For immediate display The chant got a footer The chant got a date The chant got a header And learned to regulate The chant got a template The chant got a name The chant kept the rhythm But it didn’t sound the same Header Chant Footer Header Chant Footer Header above it Footer below it Now it knows where to stand No one signed the pressure No one owned the source No one said the slogan Had been taken on by force No one called it doctrine No one called it law No one mentioned placards At the bottom of page four Definitions may be updated Examples may be changed The recommended wording Has been carefully arranged Approved terms Current form Wider context Quiet norm Header Chant Footer Header Chant Footer By now it has a pathway By now it has a chair By now it has a process And a box marked further care By now the room repeats it As if the room began By now the line has never been A placard in the rain It simply is the wording It simply is the way It simply is the thing we use When people need to say It came in from the pavement It came in from the feed It left with names attached And a note that said proceed It came in as a chorus It left as paragraph three And nobody remembers Who it used to be The chant got a footer The chant got a date The chant got a header And learned to regulate The chant got a template The chant got a name The chant kept the rhythm But it didn’t sound the same The chant got a number The chant got a form Yesterday a pressure Now a quiet little norm Header Chant Footer Header Chant Footer Header above it Footer below it Now it knows where to stand Hashtag Placard Chant Statement Header Chant Footer It kept the rhythm But it didn’t sound the same