Po'Lie'tics - Promising Growth at the Pace of a Sloth

By TheBlueEyedSon

This is published in association with A Voice for the Everyman by Q

‘I give you - a free and prosperous nation’

Screamed the khadi clad hero

But if we were to believe him,

Our bank accounts would just read - zero

It is amazing that there is more

than one idiot making the same promises

But everything he gives us is returned

to him with interest, Oh blazes!

He is a wonderful accountant,

He writes budgets that serve your every whim

Less than ten percent of the total

expenditure is for us,- the rest is for him

But no income tax officer can trap him,

for he is absolutely prolific

And that is democracy for you;

Every man has his right to steal, Terrific!

He is never honest, I’d rather

trust a cunning and scheming magician

Lie, but do it with guile,

you are a qualified professional politician

He eliminates his enemies easily

With an iron hand, his rogues prevail

That is the irony of democracy;

Huh! you chose one to no avail

They keep making us vote for them,

we fail to call their - bullshit

And we are proud to live in the

greatest democracy, that’s the beauty of it

Picture Credits: Garangatua's Meal, Gustave Dore, Symbolism

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