the policies of rats

Do you have any collections?

men of plans,
and the plans of men
all flowing
from a bloated stem
floating precariously
knodding to and fro
deciding decisively
on which way others ought to go
down to the highlands
or up to the flats
decidedly indecisive
the policies of rats

but it’s we who cheer them on
and give them guns to shoot
to plunder other’s riches
and feast on illicit loot
to steal from the needy
and plunder from the poor
and celebrate the greedy
by feeding them some more

so we’ll vote them in next ballot
get a t-shirt and a box
and stagger home to emptiness
another promise is all we got
another lie upon the last one
and their pictures on our shelves

O’ God help them…
…no need, we’ll do it all ourselves

know better

I’m no better than anyone else
but neither am I any worse
We are all dealt a mixed plate
to start with
plus a double sized entrée of mirth

Equiped with both hindsight and foresight
We journey all over the earth
It’s when feet warm the ground in our journey
that the pudding is proved of its worth

the Queen, the King, Democracy and Hypocrisy

the Queen, the Queen,
what a romantic dream
the King, the King,
what a terrifying thing

like democracy, democracy

Oh, what a mess,

and hypocrisy, hypocrisy

nothing more, nothing less

politics

insanity

vanity

profanity

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