Now We Are Old and Cynical

The Folk asked the Gov 
And the Gov asked the Corporate
"Can we have a little bit of
Butter with our bread?"
The Corporate said, "Certainly
We'll go and tell the cow now
Before we go to bed."

The Corporate
They plotted
And went and found
Some cutlery -

"We'll not share the butter
When we can eat the meat
Instead."

Corporate planned the propaganda and

Went back to the Gov and said
"We'll keep
The meat
But you can take
A little
Bread."

The Gov
Took the bread
And went back to the

Folk and said, 
"There isn't
Any butter
You can work
For crumbs
Instead."

So Folk took the crumbs 

And they hungered and they hated

And Nobody won while the old Gov was bought

And still old Corporate plotted 

But for nought,

For Nobody's
A winner
Now
The cow
Is dead.

 

 

A.J. Ponder, once again with apologies to AA. Milne.

This  satirical piece is based on The King's Breakfast, was a bit more difficult than it first appeared, which is why it's a few days late. Hope you enjoy, I'm thinking about creating similar pieces for a small collection of Now We Are Old And Cynical. 
(Yes, I am aware of the "When we were Fifty" and "Now We are Sixty" but although I haven't seen either for a while, I'm confident this is a different take, however well worn the forms. :)

Enjoy your week
A.J. 

Author of The Sylvalla Prophecies and a whole lot more, including short stories and books for children. Check out my bibliography on my website here at PonderBooks.com or my latest series,  Blood of the Fae, below. 

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