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Cock and Bull Story

A poem by Harry Gallagher about what happened to Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition today...

Harry Gallagher by Harry Gallagher
07-02-2022 21:04 - Updated on 05-04-2022 15:31
in Politics, UK
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...what happened to the Leader Of The Opposition today...

Roared on, the mob duly slobbered
to the fat piper’s drunken tones,
makeshift nooses jigging loose,
baying, braying in his master’s voice,
their hatred music to his tonedeaf ears.
Summoning an army of the bitter and sour
to faithfully threaten and spit their bile
on a man who had dared ask questions
of their liar-in-chief (no insult too low,
no action beneath him).
May the lout - ever a preening Mussolini -
who called up the mob on
a two-bit cock and bull story
come to learn the sharpness
of their turning at first hand.
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Harry Gallagher

Harry Gallagher

Poet, singer, songwriter, actor - there's no beginning to my talents. Working constantly and live blissfully on the North East coast I’m a poet based in the North East of England and my poems have been published all over the place.

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