RUDD THE DUD

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Rudd the dud is wondering
If he should bother to help,
But his rich mates keep telling him
”The poor can help themselves!”

”Don’t help those poor bastards
”They’re bound to somehow cope!”
But to the poor, his meanderings
Make Ruddy a bloody joke.

He’s not sure if his Masters
Will let him help the poor,
The stupid, worthless bastard
Just doesn’t know the bloody score.

To Rudd, it’s so confusing
He’s not sure whether to help,
So Ruddy keeps on musing
And the poor must help themselves.

We’re starving in the gutters
While Ruddy lives in doubt,
All he does is mutter
But muttering won’t help out.

So Rudd-the-dud continues
To hesitate to do anything,
The poor have cat food on their menus
Still, that helps them go on living.

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About this poem

In America, you think you've done badly because your last three presidents - Bush, Obama, and Trump - have all been evil bastards. I'm 64, and the last good prime minister we had in Australia was Gough Whitlam who was thrown out of power illegally back in November 1975!

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Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXC XXCX DXXX ABAC DEXE FAFA XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 800
Words 143
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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