Monkey Business
Those in charge
Of the public at large
In their tailored suits,
From old Etonian roots,
Armed with supposed scruples,
Yet grand masters of dodgy loopholes!
Sit en mass
Acting totally crass,
In a building oozing history,
Where they decide on our society,
To them different to upper class a mystery,
So they make the rules,
For us the fools!
Who believe their talk
Alas just like chalk,
It becomes erased,
Resulting in dire days!
No, not for them!
We can't call them men,
They don't live our plight,
Cos they're al right,
In their pied a terres,
They dine and live sans care,
Weekends spent in country mansions,
On enhanced pay and massive pensions,
So shouldn't we replace
These evolved men with a different race,
Go back to base!
Forgo for a while the rat race,
Take their blinkers off !
Ignore they're toffs,
Strip them bare,
Put them out there,
With us, The masses,
Smash their rose tinted glasses,
Restore empathy to our country
While we re-educate our political Monkeys
heck yeah...love this rip...i wish we could re-educate those monkeys at times they seem to care little for the populus that voted them in...
ReplyDeleteThe poem says it all, in silly but sobering fashion, but then, so does Banksky's portrait - and succinctly, at that. Politics is truly a monkeys' game...often enough we can but shake our heads at the madness afoot there. Yet there lie the dollars and the mansions...silly, no?
ReplyDeletelol! yes yes Yes!! Love it. We are tired of the poliTrIcKS!!
ReplyDeleteHahaha love it ~ such humour in a serious message that is very, very poignant right now! Poetryman
ReplyDeleteVery good piece, couldn't have said it better myself.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the chimps would make a better job of it!
Political monkeys in a circus indeed....like the political commentary ~
ReplyDeleteYou go Poet! I know we could do it better...but how long, do you think, before they would strip our very souls? I played with the political for a wee bit...it was enough of a taste to know there is no place for me there! Our systems have been corrupted to the absolute core, for the gain of the select few...throughout the entire (supposedly) civilized world...now I'm starting to rant! Whoops! Your rocked it out with this one!
ReplyDeletecouplets combining, coalescing, creating (a) class conflict chanty. (almost got it.)
ReplyDeletenice form, nice build up to the sentiments commonly expressed by the many in the current OWS movements.
a call or a prayer?
good rhyming and reading, from top to bottom, with a 'smashing' ending.
Giggled all my way through this. Loves this rhyme: "With us, The masses,
ReplyDeleteSmash their rose tinted glasses"
What a delight! lol
ReplyDeleteBravo! I second the motion! lol, a delightful read.
ReplyDeleteWhile we re-educate our political Monkeys!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the rhythm of this!
ReplyDeleteamazing rhythms.
ReplyDeletebeautiful poetry.
cane back to your last to see if i had missed something as well...how r u?
ReplyDeletethanks for popping in today...hope your travels have gone well...looking forward to reading your words again...
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays….
I know you write stunning Haiku, welcome sharing with us,
1 to 3 or more are welcome.
no theme.
Hope to see you in,
Smiles!
what a fun read. powerful voice shared.