(Henry, thanks for the Austin Dobson. I like that a lot.
Hope this isn't bad form. My own attempt.)
Rondeau to the Minister for Immigration
Many are speechless when they are betrayed.
Amnesty International badge displayed
on his lapel--a civilized disguise
for the contempt that flickers in his eyes.
Nobody leaves his office unafraid.
Blandly he bleats his mantra, tailor-made
by bureaucratic minions who are paid
to churn out empty legalistic lies.
Many are speechless.
He is the arbiter, the ambuscade,
hacking asylum seekers with his blade.
Clinical blandness smirks as mercy dies.
Icy politeness makes no compromise.
Faultless homunculus, each word is weighed.
Many are speechless.
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited January 21, 2005).]
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