The best of both worlds
They come together the burghers of London
to steal our chattels so that
we can rent them back
because this to them is free of risk
& if we comply by agreeing with them
then everything will be fine
because we will have more powers
by having less
& the speed of change will be increased
by slowing down the speed of change
like King Lear they know that
nothing comes from nothing
we can call it what we like
government devolution democracy
except it’s not
its Davednick the Talking Donkey
the cud chewing & braying sophist
who believes in divine intervention
as a last resort to stop the Scots
throwing away the best of both worlds
one of which has absolutely nothing
in the other is next to nothing
& it’s riding on a donkey the burghers do delight
to the source of their greatest fear
that Scotland should be governed by the Scots
& duly prosper
despite the many years of arrogance & theft
interrupted by the occasional panic of war
when the donkey keels over & dies
somewhere South of Berwick
but what we are is what we see
which is a society preferred to a corporation
where shoes mean more than submarines
where we truly can have
the best of both worlds
democracy & justice
in Scotland in September & forever
in a future where we rise up unhindered
to meet the morning Sun
© George Gunn 2014