Big Schemers

Посвящение Редьярду Киплингу и Брекситу  Вариант № 2
Homage 2 to Rudyard Kipling’s Big Steamers (1911) & Brexit (2020)

                Big Schemers

"Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Schemers,
 With England’s own goal, exposed and besieged?"
"We’re leaving the EU to go and take back control,
 Of our borders, our laws, our money - to be freed!"

"And what to be free from, all you Big Schemers,
 And how so much better, why don’t you reveal?”
"We won’t have to follow those EU lawmakers,
 While repealing our own and a new trade deal.”

"But if anything happened to all you Big Schemers,
 And suppose you wrecked the deal that you seek?"
"Then you'd have no coffee or bacon for breakfast,
 And you'd have no muffins or toast for your tea."

"Then I'll pray for a deal for all you Big Schemers,
 For EU concessions and a fudged-deal so soft."
"Oh, sessions of fudging don't bother Big Schemers,
 For we’re candy below and marshmallow aloft.”

"Then I'll build a new prison for all you Big Schemers,
 With plenty wise wardens to look after you."
"Oh, we’ll find some donations to keep us in clover,
 To reward us and pay us, for all that we’re due."

"Then what can I do for you, all you Big Schemers,
 Oh, what can I do, to support you and me?"
"Send us your letters to show you’re behind us,
 That no one may stop us from setting you free.”

“Then what can I do, to stop you Big Schemers,
 Oh, what can I do, to protect us from you?"
"Send out the police, to clear those who oppose us,
 As no one will stop us from seeing this through.

 For the bread that you earn and the savings you muster,
 Your mortgage, your pension, your furlough, your life
 They depend on decisions by all us Big Schemers
 And if one hinders our scheming, you’ve strife!"

                © Samuel Novnik 2020