Hobbo's Poems
A quirky look at life from a Yorkshire poet and his dog's perspective
Democracy
Democracy More dead from Covid nineteen Than were killed in fourteen-eighteen Second World War, Vietnam And still this man don't give a damn. Democracy, well that's a joke The wishes of ordinary folk Discounted on merely a whim But not if you voted for him.
Grant your point. But caution you that a major cause of death is dying. See how sharp the pencil your statistician uses, stealing proud counts from stroke, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and athletes’ foot to “prove” a point, to polish his “truth.” Just saying.
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