A silly little ditty from a notebook, written I guess in 2018 or so…
Angela Merkel
The German gerbil
Dominated the world’s Rathaus.
She cleaned her whiskers
And bled her blisters
Caused by her love of Strauss.
Come on you chump
I’ll lead with trumps
Said the toe tapping rodent.
I find it’s the best
Way to road test
Which policies are the most potent.
If you only knew,
Said the pinched face shrew
Who pitched a wicked idea,
What the world really thought
About a rat without
A sausage and gassy beer.
The orange hued hamsta
More goon than gansta
Scoffed when told of her plans.
Sat on his white sofa
He fondled his gopher
And declared her ideas to be pants.
Just build a wall
To keep out them all
He declared with zero decorum
My ideas are a killer,
He addressed the chinchilla
Who chaired the NAFTA trade forum.
We’ll go it alone
He began to intone
And not plan but shoot from the hip
And we’ll play the white hat
And use a fat cat
To drive you rats from the ship.
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My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
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Love this so much 💜 these days make those prepandemic days look simple .
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Indeed. Why did we complain?
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Goodness knows …we certainly didn’t 💜
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Wonderful. Lol You should forward to her. I am sure she would like it. xx Michael
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You think!
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Oh, yes! I only had brief email contact once. She is a very honest but also consistent person. She has a lot of humor. xx
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I imagine her public persona is very different. Often politicians, once they lose power are interesting and engaging… and then there is Tony Blair, the duplicitous little shit… sorry!
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I fully agree with you, Geoff! About Briths politicans i do not really know much. I think Boris Johnson is a really funny one. But fun alone cant reign a country. 😉 Have a nice day! xx Michael
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Boris is an acquired taste, one which I’m not sure I’ll ever like. Too cavalier and duplicitous for me. But some people love that bumbling ineptitude….
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Can understand you, Geoff! If you don’t have him directly as prime minister, maybe you can accept him better. xx Michael
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I love it, Geoff.
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A Mother Goose rhyme for the ages!
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Haha! This is so good, especially the descriptions of the leaders. (The German gerbil—isn’t that the kind of sweet talk that no woman can resist?🤣) That one is only topped by the orange-hued hamsta.) As you probably don’t know, nobody has ever seen a more beautiful wall!
It’s amazing how a generation can change things with walls. Wasn’t it Reagan who got lots of praise for saying, “President Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Life is such a joke sometimes. The orange-hued hamsta trusts no one, except for good guys like Putin and Kim.🤣
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Yes, ol’ Ronnie the leftie libertarian. Who knew?! Aren’t ironies delicious? I mean, Maggie Thatcher was basically a Trotsky…
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