orchidee

The State of Things...

Now look... it\'s all my fault!

Though I try to avoid the blame of it

 

What\'s all this Orchi?

Well, I read - 

For a time in 1319

The country was ruled from a mansion-house thingy

Near my home town

 

I was in the Parliament then

And made a lasting impression

So much so that it\'s always remembered

Every hundred years

So there\'s an anniversary this year - 700 years

 

I don\'t know the exact dates

We\'ll party in the Summer

In those manor-house grounds still there

The BBC won\'t like it

They moved in there - probably centuries ago

It\'s a Monitoring Station now

 

It\'s more relaxed these days

I helped pass severe laws then

Such as - death for nicking one pork pie

Or NOT adding water to your tipples

 

That\'s all I ever did though

No change since then?!

Just passing laws about porkies and sherries?

I know - some of you say:

How can you tell if a politician is lying?

Answer: They open their mouth!

 

Anyway, I got to go and hob-nob now with the PM

Not living too far away from me

Ask her about the state of things, etc

And remind her of my valuable contributions

Way back in 1319!

 

You coming to the anniversary reunion?!