Villanelle Nr.16 — Dictator's Blues

It’s ever so hard to be a dictator  
stressfully vigilant, watching your back  
constantly having to prove you’re the greater  
  
sifting through masses of personal data,  
listening to peasants whinge on about lack -  
it’s ever so hard to be a dictator  
   
throwing opponents to bored alligators  
firing bad staff who have given you flack  
constantly having to prove you’re the greater.  
   
I am the nation’s supreme educator  
ensuring this country’s ahead of the pack -  
it’s ever so hard to be a dictator  
   
paying for fuel to run excavators  
to bury the traitors living in shacks  
constantly having to prove I’m the greater.  
   
And what do I get? Called Terminator  
after all I’ve done for you - cut me some slack!  
It’s ever so hard to be a dictator  
constantly having to prove I’m the greater.