Tipheap Might Be a Bad Town, But Fogswamp's Worse
(Interview with the mayor)
Dear mayor of Tipheap - I have a few questions
A bunch of complaints - a list of suggestions
You said you would fix things if you were elected
Or were we misguided? Should we be corrected?
The library’s worn down - to obtain you did swear
Some books and some mags and an unbroken chair
-- We'll get help from Fogswamp - we'll not need to plead
-- They're library's not used since they can’t even read
The sewers are blocking - the toilets can't flush
The streets overflowing in brown smelly mush
-- I don't understand - your complaint's a bit vague
-- Besides look at Fogswamp - they all have the plague
Crimes on the increase - where's all our street cops?
Thieves are rampaging - both houses and shops
-- Well Fogswamp is chaos - a lawbreaking hell
-- They've put bars round the town to make one big jail cell
Our schools don't perform - they're not teaching life's skills
Our kids need this knowledge for jobs that pay bills
-- Fogswamp has schools that teach reading and sums
-- They turn out poor vagrants and drifters and bums
So rather than fixing you claim they are worse
Whilst we're a bit ragged, you say they are cursed
And if you view Tipheap with full satisfaction
Then explain why you live in a Fogswamp posh mansion
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