Blank and empty, heads will reel
Success beckons patriotic appeal
A society stamps a robust seal
To flood and scuttle boats!

Success fills a blank page
With a flood of vitriolic rage
Shouted from a high-street stage
Robust to never fall

Firing blanks, march in time
A robust claim of social decline
Protest success in the migrant line
Fist-floods fuel the fire

A see-saw balance of success
Flood the streets under robust stress
No one wants to be second-best
Blankly shouting slogans

Robust walls; dismantle bricks
A blank slate for new party tricks
Flooding Facebook for the clicks
Success, just another Like away

Submitted to Ovi Poetry Challenge 61: success, Word of the Day Challenge – flood, Ragtag Daily Prompt – blank and Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – robust. Loosely inspired by discussion around the purpose and usefulness of protests in the Western world.