Beyond Politics
What is this we hear ?
Austerity, austere.
What word is that,
for ordinary folk.
Little understood,
serious enough,
beyond a joke.
Clarity, transparency.
What ?
Bamboozling words,
designed to confuse.
Bureaucrats playing with
lives.
Putty in their hands.
They have the lot.
Where does it all end ?
Governed, squeezed,
right to the last.
At our expense,
taking a lend.
As mere mortals,
not our fault,
The banks, institutions,
the financiers,
have got it wrong.
No money in the pot
or in the vault.
Life goes on.
Beyond politics.
No money, no worry.
Enough to sustain,
Basics of a simple
life.
Still the city boys
run around and get
aboard the gravy train.
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Submitted by victor_j on January 23, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 5, 7, 9 |
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