I’m so delighted by the new form for
obtaining authorisation for carrying
out the job we were assigned to do,
five signatures only required, rather
a disappointingly small number, but
I’m sure it will soon be rectified –
when-ever a problem rears its ugly
head, we’ll appoint another person
to check, it provides such a lot of jobs
to make sure not a cent more is spent
than should be paid out – for that reason
we’ll appoint another five new Directors,
with medical and pension and a goodly
salary – all to ensure that everyone
adheres to all the regulations, that the
rules are never bent – though we spend
a fortune; not a single extra cent will be
paid to a service provider – spending a
thousand a day in the service of
transparency and the saving of a rand
or two, will make us the most efficient
bureaucracy ever seen – and that is the
height of our ambition, without procedures
we are set for perdition!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem