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When Rogues fall Out.

The worthy Dr Guillotine
Perfected his killing machine.
Before the revolution.
Providing a solution.

To the problems of the state.
Which had become acute of late
Beheading aristocracy
Humanely and efficiently.

Madame la Farge won't disagree.
She sits and cackles gleefully.
She's not a forgiving soul.
She likes to watch as their heads roll.

Into the basket down below
Counting each one as they go.
She sits and knits contentedly
To see the aristocracy.

Meet the fate which they have earned.
The worm has well and truly turned.
The citizens have taken charge
Which seems to suit Madame la Farge.

But what she doesn't understand
The men who rise to take command.
Will still oppress the peasantry
If anything more cruelly.

Than the aristocracy.
Almost unbelievably.
But in the end it's proven true
They behave as tyrants do.

The poorest have to foot the bill
They always have and always will.
Rulers rarely give a damn
About the common working man.

I don't blame Dr Guillotine
I am quite sure he did not mean.
The state to use his new machine
In quite the way that it has been.

Monday,17 September 2012

poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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