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Brexit Bluesology ( a quintern*)

The country is reeling in Brexiting Blues  
with votes of no confidence flying around  
and everyone's flummoxed what’s really to lose  
whilst searching for evidence, some kind of clues  
debating our fate and concerned with the £pound.  
  
The government’s stuck in a Kafkaesque game,  
the country is reeling in Brexiting Blues  
where more than a quarter of voters abstained  
just over one third crossed the box to “remain”  
a bit more than that ticked their voting “I do”.  
   
For such a key outcome it must be a ruse;  
you can’t even strike with low numbers like these**.  
The country is reeling in Brexiting Blues  
to figure the truth in the sound-bites of news  
while actors backstage are collecting their fees.  
   
So what’s the agenda, and who lit the fuse?  
Are clandestine forces at work to destroy?  
Or is it distraction to keep us amused?  
The country is reeling from Brexiting Blues,  
old wounds re-appearing, abused for a ploy.  
   
If this were a trial in a true Court of Law  
with extra new evidence challenging views  
there’d be a retrial, yes surely for sure  
Democracy needs it - we’re needing a cure -  
for everyone’s feeling the Brexit Ol’ Blues.
Written by Josh (Joshua Bond)
Published | Edited 8th Mar 2024
Author's Note
* A ‘quintern', an experimental invention of mine, developed from the quatern. It is written in end-clipped amphibrach tetrameter; (ti-tum-ti .. ti-tum-ti .. ti-tum-ti .. ti-tum)
** By law, essential services (fire-service, health-service, etc) need at least 40% of all eligible voters to call an official strike.

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