Nineteen eighty four came and went

like any other year 

big brother

and you never blinked an eye.

 

Some lessons to be learned no doubt

but within the context of raising expectations

Thatcher made her move

of which some wide boys did approve. 

 

Some tokens were retained

like the numbers and the tags

redesigned by master computers

and then the issuing of voluntary credit cards

 

hey brother, if your credit's good

forget the working class game

join the claim to fame

put up your house as security

 

incentives work every time. 

It all seems academic now

with everyone in masks

proles and intelligentsia alike.

 

So dear Eric behind your library walls

go take a hike.