Transparency
Mr. Speaker, as you gather,
There has been a recent vote,
And I offer you this blather:
We’re together in this boat –
Not to mince my words, nor duck,
Nor to play the shuckster, no, no,
Nor to palter, pass the buck,
Nor to vacillate nor yo-yo –
When we’re out, we will be out,
We will not prevaricate,
Let the bush be beat about,
Will nor palter, will not prate –
Will not waffle, hog the fence,
Try a dodge, equivocation,
But will talk of common sense
And eschew tergiversation –
Will avoid a mere confusion,
Or the rank smell of a selfie –
When I come to our conclusion,
It will not be off-the-shelfy –
Will not throw a smokescreen, fudge it,
Nor be casuist nor cop out,
Draw a straight line, will not smudge it,
So the clarity can’t drop out –
Will not offer twaddle, gabble,
Have no run-around to retail,
Will not offer waffle, babble,
But go into micro-detail –
As for fibs, as in a tissue,
I won’t pussyfoot or hedge,
Will not steam or cloud the issue,
I make this a solemn pledge –
It is time, not for some jive,
Nor for starting merry chases,
So I’ll neither duck nor dive,
Nor put on my Janus faces –
Thanks for listening. Is it crystal?
Here’s the sea. We travel shoreward:
Let us fire our starting pistol –
Be proactive, going forward.
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