THEREIN

THEREIN

ah, such golden
reflections on the ills
of democracy Mr Cliff

I wonder what heightened
state of political consciouness
making
   you kin
to Plato, produced
such
   desire for curation, left
us with
so much to mull over
State of beauty in
all its golden
reflection

ruled and voted for
by the very best, like
your good self

hearts of solid, pure
high caste iron

brain
    of shiny tin

(all such philosophical
mumblings, rumblings,
              perfect expression
of the truth
therein)

TODAY

TODAY

today, no cheap
linguistic tricks
I promise

such as
comic wordplay involving
crude pun, your
basic
   obvious homonym

such as
   poor Gareth, so
on the
wrong side
of history,

                  losing
intellectual footing
tumbling
    off a cliff

in his desperate intervention
to save the State
by savaging democracy

anything to distract
from the patently
racial
   sleight of hand