Big Muckers

Посвящение Редьярду Киплингу и Брекситу    Вариант № 4
Homage 4 to Rudyard Kipling’s Big Steamers (1911) & Brexit (2020)

                Big Muckers

"Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Muckers,
With England’s own gold, gas and fish quotas sold?"
"We’re leaving the EU to go and save our borders,
Our money, our laws and to take back control.”

"Do tell us, this freedom, all you Big Muckers,
How it’ll be better, why don’t you reveal?”
"We’ll be free of more immigrants, EU rules, euros,
While repealing our laws with a brand new trade deal.”

"But what if all immigrants left us, Big Muckers,
And suppose you fell sick and needed some care?"
"Then you'd have no doctors or nurses in hospitals,
And you'd have no catering, no staff, no welfare."

"But if anything happened to all you Big Muckers,
And suppose you mucked up 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 Muckers,
For EU concessions, while you suck up so soft."
"Oh, petitions and muck-ups don't bother Big Muckers,
For we're numb down below and quite senseless aloft."

"Then we’ll build Jerusalem for all you Big Suckers,
With plenty wise voters to vote us on through.
Oh, the country’s as bright as a Satanic last supper,
And voters are thicker than MPs and you.”
 
"Then what can I do for you, all you Big Muckers,
Oh, what can we do, to end this misery?"
"Send us your arrows of desire, your chariots of fire,
That we can bullshit some more and make you all free.

For the bread that you earn and the crumbs that you gather,
The taxes you pay and the pensions you receive,
They’re entirely dependent on all us Big Muckers
If you believe all we say, you're naive!"

                © Samuel Novnik 2020