OUR SAVIOUR FROM THE TORIES, Political posturing Options

[Alan]

OUR SAVIOUR FROM THE TORIES
(6 May 2010, general election date announced)

Sad profile of my bank account,
the complete texture of my life;
He’s sheltered me from much self-harm
by taxes, excised with state knife.

With His moonlight, in soft focus,
He spin doctors and tells us lies;
on balance I’m much better off.
Oh look, there is a pig that flies !

In short cameo performance,
He pretends he’s minister, Prime,
dispelling my prosperity :
Please, River Thames, drown His foul crime.

Alan McAlpine Douglas

Challenge words : profile texture shelter
moonlight balance cameo dispel river

[Alan]

Dear Leo,

Well now, The CAPS were deliberate, referring back to the title, AND to his statement in the H of C, that he had "saved the world". Altogether, the poem is specifically about Brown, not MPs, tho there is much to say there as well. Also, his cod references to his "moral compass" and that he is the "son of the manse", as if ALL vicars are pure. Thus the cap H is very satirical ! (And therefore I feel totally appropriate - I hope it does not offend you.)

The MPs were/are merely enriching themselves, while the Scottish robber-baron has in so many ways impoverished me, along with most of the rest of the country, and left me in huge debt in several different ways.

Love
Alan