A Necessary Evil Poem by Christopher Tye

A Necessary Evil

A taxman once said in jest.

Nobody else agreed as they opened their Swiss bank accounts,
Eating into our pay is no joke,
Compromising our quality of life,
Everybody's got to pay for our quality government,
Smiling ministers looking at their retirement plans,
So many fingers in so many pies,
A politician's life is hard with all those company directors' jobs,
Retirement easy unless you've just got a state pension,
Yes life's hard when you earn more by retiring like politician.

Enjoying multi-million pound bolt holes,
Vile stuff money is unless you've got loads of it,
Interest rates don't matter to us as we can move money around,
Life's a peach when you're a minister or the prime minister.

By Christopher Tye