Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Socialist Sonnet No. 82

Marketing Democracy

 

A government of quite bewildering

Incompetence, so fiscally inept

The currency crashed. It can’t accept

Responsibility for what’s occurring,

Proffering excuses and platitudes.

Rather than letting the truth emerge,

Ministers are pretending they’re in charge

By not letting reality intrude,

Because reality’s quite sinister.

Elections held, but the ballot box hides

From voters it’s the market that decides:

It hardly matters who’s the prime minister.

Vote right! Vote left! Stand on the centre ground,

Enjoy a free choice - while profits abound.

 

D. A.

 

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