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Just another lie

explicit was the government's lockdown guidance

the senior aide had his own twist

whilst the rest obeyed the rules

he drove to Durham in a mist

 

no use complaining about double standards

politicians are blind as well as deaf

public vents its anger in vain

you can't shout foul they're the ref

 

rulers deceive with shameless ease

it is just another lie

subjects are treated with disdain

it is just another lie heaped on the pile

🌷(3)

◄ Busy rearing the young

The night the Milky Way disappeared ►

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