Mice And Men

Mice And Men 

Photo In New York Times Jan 23rd 2012

We the mice run around play nice,
Sniffing out a living
Scurrying about, forever giving,
To them the men who tax us again and again,
They who can't lose,
Even when they've been accused
Of
 Lying and cheating,
Squandering
Our resources,
Which then forces us
To limit our heating,
Change our habits in eating,
Move our location
Affecting our nation !

We the mice care for our young,
Nurturing and feeding,
Limiting our breeding,
While them the men receive big bungs,
FOR
 Lying, deceiving,
To brainwash us into believing ,
 Their excuses and lies,
We should give them our vote,
Cause more strife, raise human anxiety,
  As they further bankrupt and demote, 
Our Society ! 

Submitted to Gooseberry Goes Poetic  whose prompt was to pick a headline from the New York Times

Submitted to dVerse Poets Open Link Night where poets share 

Monkey Business

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