Democracy Is Dead

Welcome to the polling station
No need to remove your coat
You’ll find the voting booths just over there
So that you may cast your ‘vote’.
We’ve done away with proper pens,
Have a colouring crayon instead,
If it helps, this is how you draw an X
And democracy is dead.

We’re keen on your opinions
Only right you should have your say
Then we’ll bury it in obfuscation
And do what we want anyway.
We realise that it’s a chore
That you’d rather be in bed…
Leave the thinking to us, it’s just a bore
And democracy is dead.

What fun to be a politician,
We’re a different breed you know..
The public have a view but not a clue
And it’s our job to make it so.
So count up all the papers
No matter if it’s a result we dread,
The people will just do what they’re told
And democracy is dead.

(RIP British democracy - died 2019)