Trotters In The Trough Poem by Charlotte Peters Rock

Become a politician
Buy the vote - stick in the pin
Trotters in the trough and snout in swill
Late Lordling with ambition
Taking all the public in
Ruling by corruption greed and skill

And here's the way to gobble up the truffle
And there's the way to greedy-grasp the cake
Hope no-one understands its no mere trifle
This murky-long career is on the take

Shout loudly of sedition
Blame the rest and lie to win
Servant of the public - mainly you
Colluding with rendition
Cover up in lies and spin
Keep your secrets out of public view

And here's the way to gobble up the truffle
And there's the way to greedy-grasp the cake
Hope no-one understands its no mere trifle
This murky-long career is on the take

Line up in competition
Public theft is no great sin
Change the law to make your theft ‘their will'
Creep silent round suspicion
Brass it out - take aim - begin
Blame the - rest and get in with your bill

And here's the way to gobble up the truffle
And there's the way to greedy-grasp the cake
Hope no-one understands its no mere trifle
This murky-long career is on the take

Expensive recognition
Means you ‘take it on the chin'
Trough and swill - and elevation too
Ermine-clad patrician
Still the cash and still the gin
Now the right to trade your title too


07May2009 CPR