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Westminster-On-Thames
Weeds spring between the statues
In Parliament Square
Corridors of power warmed
By endless hot air
Ermine-ragged aristocrats
Cluster around the woolsack
Dishonourable members discharge their bowels
Testiculating with froth and jowls
Misdirection, mirrors and smoke
Grasp the last statesman by the throat
Forked tongues waggle and flap
With knowing glance and hearty backslap
Big Ben watches the carrion crows
As shadows of faceless figures grow
Feather their nests
Invest to infest
A procession of bribes
From corporate tribes
A few continue
To fight the good fight
To represent
Tell wrong from right
But the masks have slipped
Those questioning whipped
The corrupting wind cackles and laughs
Blows through the turrets
For all time and a half
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10.6.2020