Oh! The Depths You’ll Reach (with apologies to Dr Seuss)
Posted August 24, 2013
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Today is your day
The election is here
You look shiny today!
We have great expectations
Our future rests upon it
Triennial amnesia
We all suffer from it
You’ll race to the bottom
With no element of care
You will pander to many
With souls that are bare
You will target the sectors
That need help the most
While preening to pundits
We’ve found savings! you’ll boast
You will go all imperial
On the arse of our neighbours
You’ll then act all wounded
When there aren’t any favours
You will denigrate, malign
You will put down and pester
While our national problems
Like sores they will fester
You’ll both strive to keep
Your true feelings under wraps
And in a moment of weakness
That façade it will lapse
You’ll kiss your constituents
Young bubs will be scarred
Back of envelope policy
When thinking’s too hard
But then you will realise
Three year cycles can’t fix it
As you walk through the door
One eye’s on the exit
You’ll rally against anyone
Who dares to find error
Experts are subjected
To weak minded terror
You’ll put on your best polish
And announce a new way
And then finally, the public
Knows it’s been led astray
Your fate will be chosen
By rich men with much ink
‘Robust media coverage’
You’ll either glow or you’ll stink
So as you make do
With a mandate democratic
If you remember one thing
Just keep it dramatic.
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