The 'Poem A Day' Project ~ Day 114 Poem by Flying Lemming

Trust me, I’m in the government
I know how your money should be spent
What wrong with taking large donations
From shady firms or dodgy nations
Democracy is well known
To be dependant on who you own

And what if it ends up that we
Are in the pocket of some company
If cigarette makers boost our wealth
It won’t affect our stand on health
But it’s just polite to let them say
What we should do if they had their way
Even though polluters give us a fee
We’ll still take the environment seriously
Just cos oil suppliers keep us loaded
We won’t leave the trains broken and corroded

The thing that you must understand
That’s how it is in this land
Money guides the power, which is why
We have the best government money can buy