The Backbencher

Within the Backbencher pub

punters find MPs to drub,

but the place is booked out

for TV and devout

supporters of Cabinet Club.

MMP

Under MMP it is said

Good government's sadly long dead

But naysayers are

Bygones from afar

Seeing blue and occasionally red.

Road Safety

A generic Green voter

trades his trusty motor

for a bike that can go

mind numbingly slow

and now he's a nuisance road blocker!

The Dole

Those that sit on the dole

Are told they are killing the soul

Of the hard working nation

They've abandoned their station

Return to the slick greasy pole!

Rhyme for the home boozer.

Mix a concoction of spirits,

Throw back a beaker or two.

Discard the ruinous ice bits,

They'll send you straight to the loo.

Pawn off a tipple to Granny,

She's off to a sonorous nap.

Old Pop prefers old sherry,

So sugar it till it's a sweet sap.

Keep some in the fridge for the morrow,

Comes in handy for polishing shoes.

With the rest it is best to drown your sorrow,

And be happy you've run out of booze.

Sketchy MPs

Someone once told me that they

slept all through election day,

despite missing the stump,

claimed notorious triumph

and receive ignominious pay!

Thinking grammatically.

In times when you feel up is down,

and your mood causes others to frown;

don't sink into gloom,

get out of your room,

and focus on the verb not the noun.