Well, this is a fine crop but remember - ya gotta be UPBEAT. How is recession good? I thought it might be because it got rid of the man Brown, but he seems to be doing quite well out of it, the gibbering ghoul. Then I thought it might put a stop to the London Olympics, but no, we'll spend. spend, spend on that one. Over here we're told it's patriotic to spend and sissy to save, so here's my take. Not too happy with the blizzard of -ose rhymes at the end but I can't think of a way to mend it.
Recession Confession
In the general malaise of these difficult days
We turn to the leaders we trust.
The advice of the wise we especially prize
And we do as they tell us we must.
To scrimp and to save is no way to behave,
Being selfish and mean and uncouth,
But just go out and spend and your troubles will end:
It’s a classical, Keynesian truth.
So I empty my stash of available cash
And make off for a day at the races,
Where a horsey old bird drops a politic word
And I wager the lot on that basis.
It’s a nag on the run at 100-1
Who is first past the post by a nose,
Which assuredly shows our recessionary woes
Are less potent than many suppose.
[This message has been edited by John Whitworth (edited November 22, 2008).]
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