Best Red Tape Poems

It seems it takes reams of paperwork to get things done nowadays.
You can become so snarled in red tape that it'll leave you in a daze!
I wonder how Noah would've coped with such onerous fiddle-faddle,
Had panels and boards been involved to design for him a...

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Asset rich and cash poor
Farming’s now a constant war
Stupid rules; I’ve had enough
It’s getting hard and bloody rough.
More rules and forms come everyday
A thousand bastards want their say!

Some greenie wants to save my trees
Another thinks I’m killing bees.
Needs records now for spreading  fert
Fence creeks...

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Why Is Red Tape Is Red

Now why would you say red tape is red.
All I wanted was a form to be signed.
First It had to be copied, so I was led
To a copy machine without a mind.

After a few tries, the machine did work,
And I...

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If you care to look in your cupboards,
You might doubt being out of bed,
As all you will see is red.

If you rush to the bathroom cupboards,
For something to keep you out of bed,
You may start to wonder if you are dead,
As all you find there...

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