THE REIGN OF ERROR

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



In ’75 Mad Malcolm said,
“Dole bludgers get the chop!”
Now the Libs-Nats are back in power
And the error never stops.

In ’75 the working classes
Were treated like mere vermin;
Now Johnny Howard’s on the warpath
And we’re told we’re less than human.

“Only bosses matter now!”
Said Mad Malcolm in 1975;
Now the Libs are rampaging again
And there’s no reason to be alive.

“More for rich, less for poor,”
Said that screaming loony Frazer;
“So what if unemployed starve?”
Said Johnny, “The Libs don’t care!”

“So what if all the pensioners
Are reduced to begging?” asked Mal;
“Who cares about the pensioners?”
Asked Johnny.   “Old fogies can go to Hell!”

In 1975 old Screaming Mal
Abandoned Medibank cover;
“So what?” asked Johnny selling Medicare,
“Let the sick and dying all suffer!”

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

About this poem

About the walking obscenity called Mad Malcolm Frazer and his idiot prodigy Little Johnny Howard.

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Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 13, 2021

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Scheme XXAX XBXX XBXX XAXC DEDX EACA XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 879
Words 155
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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