Luck Of The Draw

 

Luck Of The Draw

 

Rittenhouse killed vigilante-style,

Went to a protest, shot a pair dead,

Made many a proud Republican smile.

 

They led him away, put him on trial,

Right-wingers snarled and bleeding hearts bled;

Rittenhouse killed vigilante-style.

 

Judge Schroeder smearing the victims of Kyle,

(They’re “Arsonists”, “Looters”; not “Victims”, he said),

Made many a proud Republican smile.

 

Both the deceased thus deemed to be vile;

Crocodile tears stood Kyle in good stead.

Rittenhouse killed vigilante-style.

 

The jury retired and after a while

Returned, and the verdict: “Not guilty”, thrice read,

Made many a proud Republican smile.

 

Schroder acquitted the juvenile;

Gave future young-guns a full steam ahead.

Rittenhouse killed vigilante-style;

Made many a proud Republican smile.

 

COP 26

 

COP 26

 

Politicians

Have their say

On climate change

Then fly away

In jet planes

Over land

And sea

And consensus

Seems to be

CO2

Will kill us all

Gas emissions

Need to fall

Solar heating’s

Best by far

I should drive

A battery car

Use more trains

Busses bikes

Give up flying

Go on hikes

Plastic is a big

NO NO

Vegan is

The way to go

Light bulbs

Either need

To be

CFL or LED

Only use recyclables

Don’t spray crops

With chemicals

 

World leaders

Lay down plans

Diplomatically

Shake hands

China and the USA

Put their

Differences away

Congo kids

In toxic mines

Work behind

The grand designs

Choke on fumes

At six years old

Slave away

For Cobalt sold

To mass-production

Factories

Where

Eco cars

And gadgetries

Made as

Cheaply as

Can be

Are shipped

And sold

To you and me

 

Glasgow

COP 26

Seemed to me

To be a fix

Solar heating’s

Well and good

The poor would

Buy it

If they could

Alas the price

Is way too high

They’d have

To work

Until they die

Nor will they

Afford the fare

They won’t have

The cash to spare

For busses trains

And as for cars

Unless you open

Mines on Mars

With robots

Mining cobalt there

And no kids

Working anywhere

And each and

Every billionaire

On planet Earth

Decides to share

In such a way

Folk everywhere

Can eat and drink

And breathe

Clean air

It surely is

As someone said

One more minute

Till we’re dead

Affluence

Is worthless now

Fat cats need

To take a bow