AN ODE TO OUR RULERS

We are on this side of the divide, You are on that,

We are getting thinner each day

You are getting fat.

Most of you are old and Bald,

Very good at cheating and fraud. We can only marvel at

Your money making apt.

You won’t allow the younger ones to take over the administration,

You are a darn greedy bunch,

Looking for a free lunch.

You’ve ruined our lovely nation,

With commissions by multiplication. Since the Suddas left we’ve only grown in consternation,

Now many are lamenting their departure, And wishing they’d never left,

We’d probably be in a better situation. Now we are appealing to the gods in growing frustration

To rid us of this awful lot,

To bring about a reformation,

But it seems even they prefer your daily oblations,

With Poojas and red nools tied on your wrists

To our wide eyed ? trepidation!

You duped our farmers who once provided rice and veggies for us in abundance

You even derided the freely available Yahapalana Ambulance ?

If not for that many would have died during the Coronavirus infection

All you did was make a buck even on the vaccination ?

Giving grants to your patronising friends You created brand new trends

For making bucks by the billions

And bankrupting our millions. No Milk, no Rice, no sugar and spice Fuel prices have risen

Higher than the high heaven.

When we try to cook our meals

The gas explodes at our heels Commissions appointed to investigate

Nothing comes of those, no one to litigate The witness becomes the prosecuted The guilty are excused,

Convicted criminals, murderers, pardoned

We are led up the garden.

So please resign,

Now is the time,

Before, our nation,

Dies of inflation.

More than Dengue and Coronavirus infections.

Like we paid for un-supplied fertiliser And useless nano nitrogen

We’ll make an act of contrition

And even pay you to go

So we can stop this bleeding,

Please please, listen to our pleading ?