Day 4. Yesterday's prompt was to write a sea-shanty.
This isn't so much a sea shanty as a City shanty. Like yesterday's poem, this very rapidly turned into an excuse for a good rant. Perhaps I should call it a ranty.
SONG OF THE SQUARE MILE (an EC-Shanty)
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
Make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
Make him work in his own call centre,
Make him work in his own call centre,
Make him work in his own call centre,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
Pay him no interest on his savings,
Pay him no interest on his savings,
Pay him no interest on his savings,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
Sting him for obscene high charges,
Sting him for obscene high charges,
Sting him for obscene high charges,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
Take away his guaranteed pension,
Take away his guaranteed pension,
Take away his guaranteed pension,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Make him earn his bonus!
When he's learned the value of money,
When he's learned the value of money,
When he's learned the value of money,
Then he's earned his bonus!
What shall we do with the golden verser
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What shall we do with the golden verser
Early in the morning
Misuse apostroph'es, hide the cursor
Hide the cursor, hide the cursor
Mess with her mouse and hide the cursor
Early in the morning
Help her lose the poetry trophy
Poetry trophy, poetry trophy
Bend the scansion, break the strophe
Early in the morning
How can the laptop make it worse,
Make it worse, make it worse
Lose ood words and make her curse
Early in the morning
Another good one, Sue! And Andy's is just plain clever!
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