Trump is unravelling before us
There’s no speeches weirder than his
But the American’s have an advantage
They know where their lunatic is.
So please fellow citizens assist us
Please help find our blustering caesar
Check out your kitchens and garages
Case he’s trapped in your fridge or your freezer.
(c) 2020 The Sixty Second Scribe
I’m standing applauding your u-turn
You’re doing what’s good and what’s right
Though denying you had to be dragged here
Does not seem to be all that bright
You had a good chance to be humble
To show that you’re open to change
But to try and pretend this was always your plan
Seems more than a little bit strange
I know, you’d be pounced on by idiots
But they’ll do that whatever you do
It’s those with more sense need to trust you
And to know what you’re saying is true
You’re pushing us into a corner
Where we’re doubting each thing that you say
So for christ’s sake admit when you’ve screwed up
Our mistrust then, might start to allay.
(c) Michael Gurner – May 2020
Prepare the detail, then make the announcement
Not make the announcement, and then have to say
We’ll explain all the detail a little while later
So confusion then reigns for the following days
The voice in your head shouting out loud and clear
Asking ‘how can they get this so wrong?’
Needs to pause and consider that all your confusion
Is just what they want all along.
This cannot be accidental. It can’t.
So what is the purpose not stated?
It has to be there to distract us from all
Of the hideous mess they’ve created
While we try to define what they want us to do
We’ve stopped asking how we got here
And why we should trust just whatever they mean
When and if that should ever become clear.
(c) Michael Gurner – May 2020
At each of the briefings the graphs have been there
The message came through loud and clear
Comparing ‘gainst countries who aren’t doing well
They’re far worse off there than us here
Ministers and experts comparisons drawn
To highlight how great we have done
See how we are better than others out there
It showed how our battle’d been won
But now graphs show starkly we don’t compare well
Our spluttering leaders decide
Comparing ‘tween nations is no longer safe
So we should dismiss all their slides
(c) Michael Gurner – May 2020
Hold the front page – have we got some news
Put target concerns far away
Hard to believe – trust us it’s true
A baby was born here today
I’m raising a glass to the talented lad
He’s clearly remarkably clever
He’s got into Eton, and oxford as well
Proof that we’re in this together
(c) Michael Gurner – April 2020
Revel, rejoice, in his resurrection
A miracle for our troubled age
Alexander, escaped from Hades’ clenches
To bring forth guidance wise and sage
Proudly proclaiming that as citizens all
We are ‘Looking at our apparent success’
Although just how he comes to measure that
Is as usual, anyone’s guess
The chasm between reality and spin
Too wide for Knievel to bridge
Let alone a buffoon who’s standard response
Is to run off and hide in a fridge.
(c) Michael Gurner – April 2020
