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Low Interest

 
 
Youth unemployment is shocking,
Says Dave, our PM and our mate,
But please do forgive him, his mind’s like a sieve.
It’s his very low interest rate.
 
Half of your youngsters are jobless,
Says Dave: it’s a terrible show,
But it warms you inside and is cause of some pride
That his interest rate is so low.
 
The dole-queue comes out of the schoolyard
And Dave knows it’s wrong to be merry:
But though there’s no work, Dave isn’t that irked.
How low is his interest rate? Very.
 
The rate is horrific, appalling.
Dave won’t crack a bottle of fizz:
But he says, Tip your hats, and this shows you that’s
How low that his interest rate is.
 
No-one enjoys unemployment,
And the graph is consistently steep:
But Dave is obsessed with his low interest,
Or with no interest. He’s asleep.

 

 
Click here for a story in The Independent

Low Interest

 

The Prime Minister admitted that youth unemployment was horrendous, but advised us to look at the wonderfully low interest rate.

October 12 2011

POETRY KIT WEBRING

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