Brexit Sonnet 5 - To Clothe the Wreck

Brexit Sonnet No.5
‘To Clothe The Wreck’
 

A game of chance, the climb to rule this land,
As much a slip of others as trip of yours.
Oft’ ruled by chance events, not thoughts well planned,
Same for freshers new, as time-served bores.
And now we see the cards in shuffled deck,
Prepared again to face the green baize cloth.
Plans anew prepared to clothe the wreck
That’s Brexit, now sad without its champagne froth.
But cards are dog-eared, faded, worn and ripped
With two faced jokers squirming in the pack.
The dealer haggard, drawn and ill-equipped,
Can’t stabilise for strength they plainly lack.
   Quantitatively ease this wretched, worn out pile;
   Print more talent and from Brexit, please resile.

©Keith Murphy
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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