(Based on an Internet post I read last night.)
In a cost of living crisis
We all have to take a stand.
I took a tenner from my pocket
And rolled it around in my hand.
After a moment's reflection,
I was hit by an obvious thought,
So I drove off to a mansion,
On the opposite side of town,
Popping that tenner though the letter box,
It won't take long for it to trickle down...
Thanks Flyntland, Frederick and Holden.
Of course the money won't trickle down. The actions of the protagonist in my poem are stupid and so is government policy, which is why the pound is falling! 😡
Never know what eccentric minds will do next or how eccentric hearts flutter. The philanthropic of bent would most probably ripple out in like manner. But there are those like Scrooge McDuck of whom we'd be quite out o'luck.
Thank you, Stephen. Generosity is my middle name and millionaires need our help at this time.
Very public-spirited, John. You should get at least an OBE!😃
Don't bank on it
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M.C. Newberry
Tue 27th Sep 2022 16:46
I'm not inclined to rush to judgement even though I'm an older pensioner. You have to speculate to accumulate and risk is
always a part of life. I hear plenty of doom and gloom about
heat and hunger. I have my own solutions to both and they
are simple in effect but not, I admit, amenable to the current
obsession with dire warnings about almost everything now.
Years ago, prime minister Harold MacMillan told the UK electorate:"You've never had it so good". Maybe that has
been absorbed into recent decades of expectation rather than
earned reward and the wisdom of "looking out for a rainy day", as my parents used to advise. Let's be positive and see just
what is needed to cope for the immediate future.