MODERN POLITICS

A government of whims rules the day

Stumbling from policy to policy

It makes a mockery of democracy

The race for front page dominance

Is the only aim of modern day politics

Pressured by the short sightedness of the media

And the hysterical dogma they crave

The powers that be wander in a haze

Of mismatched policy

The mania surrounding all this prodigious flam

Far outweighs the content of and aim of government

Summits abound

The gloss of seeming to do

Better than the value of actually doing

The art of blaming the past

The lack of present plans or future direction

A sad state of democracy

A slick slithering snake

The incumbent at number ten

Weaves a greasy image

Blurring his true personage

His charm a welcome diversion

And obvious contrast to the brusque brute

We the voters slew

With the revival of thatcher’s there is no society policy

We are forever chastised for thinking beyond the individual

By a party ruled by the rich and voted for by the middle

A middle that are more dependent on the largess

Of the government than the always slated poor

Governments are to have minimal claims

On our lives when times are good

The paying of taxes an onerous and

Unnecessarily grasping policy

To those who never wish to share

The unfairness of government fiscal attention

And wealth distribution brings special interest and

The power of lobbying to the fore

The little people who pay

Are easy to ignore

Their whimpering cry

Heard only when London burns

Politics is a balancing act that

Forever goes belly up

To govern today

Is to be vilified and demonstrated against

A strong person it takes to stand up

To the tempestuously fickle nature of

The man whose X makes him king