The Emperor’s Same Old Clothes
The Emperor is at it again
parading naked down Whitehall
in his robes of CGI finery
whilst politicians
sporting suits of focus-group-grey
throats tightly knotted with old school ties
fall over themselves to spout
obsequious lies
The ladies and gentlemen of the Great British press
scatter circus tickets and doughnuts into the
gawping crowds
and then lick their sticky journalistic fingers clean
with journalistically sticky glee
whilst
their editors
with deft and witty phrase
analyse the Emperor’s knees
The men of finance
meanwhile
are all indoors
playing pocket billiards
with their bonus balls
But the Special Branch goons
they're out in force
eyeing up the hoi polloi
scanning each face
against their database
for the face of a dangerous boy
For this boy knows joy
and this boy knows freedom
and this boy shouts
IMPERIAL BOLLOCKS!
whenever he sees ‘em
The Emperor is at it again
parading naked down Whitehall
in his robes of CGI finery
whilst politicians
sporting suits of focus-group-grey
throats tightly knotted with old school ties
fall over themselves to spout
obsequious lies
The ladies and gentlemen of the Great British press
scatter circus tickets and doughnuts into the
gawping crowds
and then lick their sticky journalistic fingers clean
with journalistically sticky glee
whilst
their editors
with deft and witty phrase
analyse the Emperor’s knees
The men of finance
meanwhile
are all indoors
playing pocket billiards
with their bonus balls
But the Special Branch goons
they're out in force
eyeing up the hoi polloi
scanning each face
against their database
for the face of a dangerous boy
For this boy knows joy
and this boy knows freedom
and this boy shouts
IMPERIAL BOLLOCKS!
whenever he sees ‘em
