Sometimes one starts to write a poem and it runs away with you. This one did, and as it ran it became progressively darker. The trouble was, it was supposed to be a short rhyme to mark the new year! The last couplet applies the brakes.
Satire?
No, I'm in my usual chair...
When plague descends upon the world
When rights are picked away
When parasites pretend to lead
When foolishness holds sway
When lies are told repeatedly
When truth is oft ignored
When mainstream media's controlled
When food's hard to afford
When profiteering causes deaths
When facts get in the way
Cheer up! It couldn't happen here!
Enjoy this New Year's Day!
When rights are picked away
When parasites pretend to lead
When foolishness holds sway
When lies are told repeatedly
When truth is oft ignored
When mainstream media's controlled
When food's hard to afford
When profiteering causes deaths
When facts get in the way
Cheer up! It couldn't happen here!
Enjoy this New Year's Day!
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