Well done
with your endorsement
of the icon of human rights and justice that never was
what wonderful perspective you offer us
you say its pragmatism
it allays fears
because what can be wrong with being pragmatic
yet i know its paternalism, feudalism that you give yourself to
the die is cast
but for whom
the parties play the game and they will change the rule to work for them
foe today, a friend tomorrow
promise, broken for you to swallow
what will you do when your beloved hero returns to the fold
majority in parliament?
we are an august house of frogs remember
as long as the money is there
allegiance will always waver
old or not, is only half the question
or maybe only a fraction
no, not part of the equation
i shudder for the trust they place in you
and what you profess to offer
dance you all, to the myth, to the power.
Who's the fool?
the die is cast?
no, you're merely the pawn
in a game you have no control over
how do i reason with this if i should reason at all
the silence is not complimentary
it evokes an uneasiness
of not willing to be complicit
is there a greater ideal to fight for
beyond this parade of
oversimplification, overreaction
without reacting at all
and when you do the mobs shut you out
screaming you gotta! you oughta! how can ya?
you're on the devil's payroll.
But thank you for the perspective
fearmongerers
it worked well before, it may serve you now
the die is cast
but the dice keeps rolling
mock the doubter
turn her into the mutineer
because there can be only blind loyalty
an unquestioning pedigree
an uncompromising species
mock cos you want the flock
not to see
only hear the clock
tik tok tik tok
hurry, hurry the commander shouts
jump with me onto the rocks
and there we must lie
with the waves in our eyes.
(28 January 2018)
