Michael Edwards

HE\'LL BE A POLITICIAN YET

 

 

HE’LL BE A POLITICIAN YET

 

 

With flowing scarf and green rosette

he stood upon the parapet

above the stir with strident lure

he saw where wealth did not endure

amongst the mass of human welter

there his eye across the spectra

scanned the view unfurled below

and from each roof and portico

the fluttering flags of white and green

framed the heaving unkempt scene

where shabby idlers stood and heard

his every slogan, every word.

With flowing scarf and green rosette

he’ll be a politician yet.