[Brian Allgar]

The Iron Lady's Apology

We urged you all to buy the house you rented
And start a little business of your own,
For interest rates were low, inflation dented,
And everyone could well afford the loan.

But shortly afterwards, we thought it best
To let the interest rates insanely rocket;
Businesses folded, homes were repossessed -
We stole the pound you thought was in your pocket.

“People must stand upon their own two feet”,
We said. “We’ll not support lame ducks.”
Yet, seeing all the homeless in the street,
Although they say I couldn’t give two fucks

If suicide’s their sole escape from debt,
Or lightning from the sky should sunder them,
I sometimes feel a twinge of faint regret
For having shot their feet from under them.