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She Gorges Every Day

Superfluous, abundant, saturated with fat, Filled to the max on each floor, She gorges herself with all that we earn, Then, defiantly, still demands more, More of ourselves, more of our life, She demands we play by her rules, Of intricate policies of bylaws and charters, Funding police, health and schools, And we continue to feed her, every day of the year, Feed her till the first of July, Whence she returns back to the people, And pleads a year’s further supply, She’s our government of people, for all of the people, Bureaucratically she’s stratified, To gorge on us to give all of us, The chance to be satisfied.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 6/26/2018 8:29:00 AM
Hmmm! Intrigued. I know little about Australia's political anything, or what July 1st means for you. Very cool penning. xomo
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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/27/2018 10:44:00 AM
Ah. Cuz July 1st here is A PARTY, well especially in the Capital, where I am, Canada's "Birth Day".
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 6/27/2018 6:36:00 AM
Hi, this is just about any old government, and July 1 is the start of our financial year here, cheers
Date: 6/26/2018 4:43:00 AM
Lewis, our government is out of control. I like the way younpoetically depict her!
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