How many "last straws" can you take?
How many mistakes could they make?
The screeching and the self-delusion
That you still believe the grand illusion
The temperature variations
Those infinite vexations
The noise of the machine
The end of the life serene
How many "last straws" can you take?
How many more smiles can you fake?
How many "last straws" can you take?
What stops you from jumping in the lake?
The devaluation and diminishment
Ongoing psychological punishment
Their nicotine distractions
The dismissive reactions
The endless interferences
With no acceptable defences
How many "last straws" can you take?
How many compromises will you make?
How many "last straws" can you take?
What stops you from jumping in the lake?
Made to live close to a turbine all week
By someone who objects to a chair squeak
The proximity of stupidity
The chatter lacking lucidity
Putting up with such nonsense
That only makes you more tense
How many "last straws" can you take?
How soon before you’re bound to break?
How many "last straws" can you take?
What’s that one final piece that takes the cake?
The refusal to pay doctors and nurses
When we’ve all discovered what’s worse is
The billions in cash
They pulled out of their stash
To broker a deal
To govern with zeal
How many "last straws" can you take?
How many "last straws" will we take?
Martin A W Holmes, June 2017
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