Short Red Tape Poems

Lost
under pile
of red tape
hoping I will be
found...

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I have always lived in a gray area.
Weary of the red tape
I ever resorted to white lies,
That only made me 
the black sheep of my family.



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Count Pat was a bald aristocrat
Dreamt of becoming a bureaucrat
He loved riddles and red tape
Leaving folks with mouth agape
Cherishing all games of mouse and cat



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You can't dish out fairness like you do lollies,
As what is fair for one is not fair for all.

Sooner or later you will be dishing out unfairness,
As you try to please all.

Communities may be better judges of what is fair,
Than central government.

Red tape is an obstacle to fair,
And greed is another.

The best we can hope for is that
Those dishing it out show up to hear what others fear....

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Bureaucracy comes...
But it never seems to go
It brings along attached to it
Endless tales of woe
Copious piles of paperwork
(Mostly useless forms)
And calls that go unanswered
Are typically the norm
You quickly lose your rag
But you know there's no escape
What you need are giant scissors
To cut through that red tape
Petty, mindless officialdom
Drives you up the wall -
It's a bloody miracle
Anything gets done at all!...

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My wife and I have a dream
to open a hair salon as a team

Some people think it will fail
going to start small then go full-scale

With a shampoo,haircut and blowdry
all we can is do give it a try

It wont be easy, but it wont be hard
I will be making a flyer and a business card

We have set the plan in action
waiting until we see their reaction

With all this red tape, you want to scream
but we can't give up,this is our dream...

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They sat him down
In a chair
In a large office
With a gorgeous window
With a fabulous view
And they sent in
One
Only one
That sole representative
Took from their briefcase
A roll of red tape
Flimsy looking
Transparent in places
Red tape
Legally strengthened
With barbs
Then the representative
Beat him
Viscously
With the red tape
And his vision fell
Sliced and compromised
Gasping for breath
Exhausted
Thrashed
Neutralised...

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You think I escape
I promise, you’re wrong
This, devil red, tape
More thick than it’s long

When my lids flutter
In slumber, I drift
As with a stutter 
The problem won’t lift 

The horror still plays 
My mind will not sleep
My conscious obeys
You call this my “peak”

If only you knew
The depth of my pain
Stronger than glue
All fears still remain

So when I choose sleep
You’ll claim that I’m lazy
Could you be less deep???
That would amaze me...

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I am not the person you see

I am not the person you see,
There’s a fool, a clown inside me.
Shackled by my chains and red tape,
Only in solitude does madcap escape.
Sometimes I yearn to let go,
Be the extrovert only I know.
Show you who I really am,
Eccentric good-humoured man.
Shirt and Tie to the office trance,
Back home at five, party and dance.
Come the day I meet my fate,
Madcap has left it too late.

There’s a fool trying to break free,
I’m not really the person you see....

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