“MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!” (weekly poem)

“MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!”

(Capt. Corbyn, RMS Traumatic, Thursday 8/6/17)

“May Day” in June will be here soon,

And all electors should;

Reject the Tories hackneyed tune,

“It’s for the nation’s good”.

The Brexit vote that came to pass,

Is viewed as non-germane;

And so we’ve got the bleedin’ farce,

To go through all again!

Will Labour’s huge Momentum growth,

Assist the working-class?

Or thanks to Jezza will they both,

Fall flat upon their arse? (1)

Will Scottish Nit-Wits on the day,

Sing with a Gaelic lilt;

Their demi-anthem ‘Scots Wha Hae’,

Whilst stood up in each kilt?

We can expect Welsh Nationalists,

To vote for their ‘Home Rule’;

Which all us Internationalists,

Will simply ridicule.

Can we expect the Unionists,

To draw back from the brink;

And then at Stormont all get pissed,

With a McGuinness drink?

Will the cool ‘Farron-ites’ heed calls,

From Tiny Tim’s Lib-Dims?

Those ‘Undenominationals’,

Who mime to wordless hymns.

We Socialists of Marxist fame,

Who know a thing or two;

Know those who dice in this crap game,

Just haven’t got a clue!

(1) Labour MP’s in marginal seats have criticised Corbyn’s

political nous as he could have blocked the 2/3rds General

Election vote in Parliament. Labour may now lose 50 to 60

seats -- which could see Jezza return to the backbenches.

© Richard Layton