I did well not to get involved with politics
Like Big Ben, I looked down on Westminster
Politicians; I wouldn't give them the time of day
I didn't complain when the Tories
Lost all their seats in Scotland
I didn't take the matter up with the Ombudsman
I didn't get into a hansom cab with Disraeli,
I passed the House of Commons obliviously
Like the monarch, I took no part in constitutional affairs
I didn't read Politics, brothers! I read mystics:
St Theresa of Avalon, St Francis of Assisi
Wind in trees
Moss on stones
Herbs in pots
I found a writer's hut, a path to the fairy dell;
I have fairy wings I won't give up.
The Fair Ones made me Clairvoyant Laureate for 2003
awarded me The Diamond Talisman,
A hidden gem of rare beauty
now the Green Party are after me!
I didn't go on the Peace March in Glasgow,
I just pushed through the crowd to Borders bookstore
and had a coffee with Hans Christian Andersen
I've done well not to go into politics,
I'd only make a fool of it
Like Screaming Lord Sutch;
I dropped a poem into a ballot box once,
A vote for Tennyson - I did that much!
I apologize, Kenny, for being so distracted that I only really arrived on the scene. To be greeted by British Politics. We're on the same wavelength (short wave, of course). I only wish that I had your very special talent to lay bare the outlandish state of politics in general. I shall return! -gene.
You get my vote any day, Kenny! And you demonstrate your Englishness with all that political disdain. Did you know that Mustique is very like Windsor Great Park??... seems like you were guest of both Princess Margaret (God Bless her!) and Mick Jagger simultaneously. Like you, I can't get no... sa-tis-fac-shun, so guess we'll just stick with The Stones and gather no moss whilst hugging a few trees like Cosimo. A write that is characteristically very au fait despite its assumed iggorance... gotta luv it. K xx Somehow also reminds me of The Clash: "London Calling"... or is it London Burning??... Not yet, thank God... but Westminster, perhaps... soon...!!
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A vote for Tennyson - I did that much!
You've just given me a grand idea - for our next election, old chum.
Thanks!