Respected when first erected.
Now suddenly rejected.
Furious curious crowds mock.
Then carry you off to Bristol Dock.

Influential and existential.
Such a powerful potential.
Penitents confess for sins incurred.
While others reach for the shield and sword.

Heroic and historic.
Holy altruistic or erotic.
Judging and guiding those below.
Are just a perch for the seagull,starling and crow.