poetry satire – poems 2 die for

OVAL

you came
with a circus

rather than a circle
of light

not a
show for the collective

but for
the singarity

the very concept of
the whole
flattened
into
an oval

the fruit of your tree
so unquestionably
pear-shaped

What is
a politician good for?

was baffled by this,
but now
am entirely
flabbergasted

it’s the kind of question
after too many drinks
stuffing down a cheap
curry or
fish and chips

funny question to ask
and we have no better answer
than that given by
the Ancient Greeks

shocked at the disjunction
between political deeds,
political speech,
political ambition

and any
kind of philosophy.

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