Winter Fever

 

This was the year the bankers cried,

We never cheated, never lied,

Our bonuses were fair and good,

Not sucking on the nation’s blood.

 

Our politicians feel no shame,

It’s just the system they disclaim,

Needing first and second house,

Like parasitic flea and louse.

 

Schools they say have failed a few,

But stating that is nothing new,

The ten year olds who cannot read,

But at that age where is the need?

 

The graduates in Mickey Mouse,

Who idly lounge around the house,

Engineers a scarce resource,

Better choose the easy course.

 

Clerics who inflame their flock,

But what in that is cause for shock,

Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jew,

And I could list a further few.

 

All the first war veterans dead,

Heroes all it must be said,

Yet still we welcome flights of grief,

It seems from that there’s no relief.

 

War and sickness mankind’s curse,

We aim for better, make it worse,

Swine flu vaccines for the West,

Who will care for all the rest.

 

The year is ending, things are fine,

For what I own is truly mine,

Four square walls, and car and cot,

I’m truly blessed in what I’ve got.

 

So here I pen this simple prayer,

Please don’t give up and don’t despair,

Financiers may rob you blind,

Our civic leaders close behind.

 

The prelates, teachers bankers too,

And governments of every hue,

They must have given of their all,

How then can we just see them fall? 

 

So bless these pestilential mobs,

And hope they can retain their jobs,

They need us now to prey upon,

Where would we be if all were gone?