G STRINGS
(funds and awards)
George Bernard Shaw: “Government that robs Peter to pay Paul has the support of Paul”
When funding springs
from G -
Who bares the truth? Who
dares critique?
Who pulls the string for
action flawed?
Who allots the
jackpot-awed?
Who probes and prods as
heretic?
When gongs and accolades
present
To acolytes, the echo
chamber
Flaunts dysfunction with
assent.
Lauds and baubles long
connect
Prancing to the Party
line -
The Honouree a
fund-suspect.
Awards and praises oft
condone,
Censorship through
silence,
And honest sense
forgone.
The hidden self-awards a
cost,
Larcency - Province
stripped -
And ‘prosperity looms’
lost.
Complicit, the literati
erudite
That failed to shine a
light
On venality and unearned
right.
An anxious cry:
‘Gofundme’ next?
- Good luck with that
John Tuach
John Tuach