Otherwise, all is good.

Otherwise, all is good.

I drank coffee

And read the news

More war

More conspiracy theories

More privileged assholes demanding

To be treated with deference

Where the law

Is folded into a double helix

Mounted on an origami liferaft

And floated off

Down the swannee

Using the run-off

From a shitstorm.

So many bluebloods

Believe they have a right

To be treated differently

When it suits them.

I like Blueberries with yoghurt

At lunchtime

But avocado smash is what I settled into

As the old guy

In the red baseball cap

At the next table

Ran his mouth into a brick wall

Of nonsense

Stuffed full of horseshit

About the war in Europe

Being a drain on the economy

Slowing down the pace of recovery

As he supped a pilsner

Decrying the Americans

For putting their faith

In a crooked president

Who stole the election

It was a wonder I could sit tight

But the coffee was good

And I thought about Blueberries

As he brokered a trade deal

Between China and Australia

That would keep everybody in work

For as long as rare earth metals

Could be mined without worrying

About water shortages

And the environment

I thought about taking him on

Then thought better of it

What would be the point

When he was already

Depleting his natural resources

And with every fracking word

He spoke

His base rate fell.