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Hyperbolics

 

They have strained every sinew,

pulled out all the stops,

thrown the kitchen sink at it,

and worked around the clock.

They have bent over backwards,

bust a gut,

the whole nine yards;

struggled, striven, toiled,

they are Trojan, double-hard.

 

They have tortured every puppy,

scalded every cat,

stripped skin and hair and tail,

then strangled every rat.

They have punched every baby

from Shetland down to Devon,

worked 20,000 hours a day

to prove their huge endeavour.

 

They have moved every mountain,

plucked the eye of Venus,

sacrificed their children

and severed every penis.

From Brexit to Afghanistan,

vaccines to PPE,

they won’t breathe or sleep or sweat

until they’ve scraped every barrel

and scoured every sewer for

effect.

 

 

◄ Orison

Grief ►

Comments

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 3rd Sep 2021 16:38

Another winner, Laura. Scary to think that they are still out there.

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Laura Taylor

Fri 3rd Sep 2021 09:54

Thanks both.

Telboy - Brexit was a Tory idea designed to win an election. It worked, but they never expected it to go through. Covid? What can I say? For a party who won an election on a border control issue, they failed spectactularly on protecting those borders (and the population who voted them in). Afghanistan? Trump's decision, backed up by Biden, dithered over by the UK. So yeh difficult, but almost all of their own making, so zero sympathy.

Yes they are aren't they? Repetitive 3 word slogans, propaganda and hegemony really DO work. Huh, who knew? Erm...

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Telboy

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 18:50

Difficult period of office with Brexit, Covid, Afghan. And for all their faults they are more popular with the public as a whole than Labour still under Corbyn's shadow.

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Stephen Atkinson

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 18:47

Just as well we've got hyperbolics, Laura, seems as though they've severed every penis! ?
Good one

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