Doublespeak

 

 

It was wrong for you

But not for me,

You must consider the time then

And the personality.

 

When they did it

They didn’t have a clue

But understanding who I am

I have a better view.

 

They didn’t have as much

As we have to do,

They made a terrible mess

That we have to undo.

 

Hence more personnel

Is needed for this job

To correct all the circumstances

In which we were robbed.

 

More Cabinet Ministers

And more consultants,

More pending integrity legislation

To stem over-indulgence.

 

 

A forked tongue stance

With a promise to eradicate

And when given the opportunity

Choose to update.

 

Hence more personnel

Is needed for this job

To correct all the circumstances

In which we were robbed.

 

More Cabinet Ministers

And more consultants,

More pending integrity legislation

To stem over-indulgence.

 

I recalled once

Hearing of a physician

That could tell a child’s gender

Just after conception.

 

And he was always right

To his patients it seemed

Since they were never aware

Of his clever scheme.

 

 

To the pregnant lady

He would predict, “It’s a boy!”

     But in the patient’s records

Girl would be employed.

 

Whatever the outcome

He would always be right

For the smart trick he played

Never came to light.

 

A number of months to go

Meaning time was on his side,

If his prediction was correct

The note could slide.

 

If his prediction was wrong

He could refer to his note,

Either way you should now see

He gets Mother's support.

 

 

Politicians are aware

The voter’s memory is short

So that they unashamedly enact

What they promised to abort.

 

Like the goodly doctor

They cannot lose

And so, the very thing opposed,

They too will choose.

 

And the voter is tricked

Each and every time

As the phenomenon doublespeak

Messes with their mind.

 

Stewart Russell © February 8, 2024