Give Me A New Broom That Stays Clean

Every newly elected government gets cast
as 'a new broom/a fresh start' by a cliched press,
who are always keen to refresh their cliches.

But every brush gets rapidly clogged up
by promises that get fatally compromised
before they get anywhere near completion.

But still, the promise of fresher rule lingers
long after the cliches get to thicken.
The image of freshness delays citizens
seeing that their needs are being met
with greater reticence than before
until the sense of staleness is everywhere.


The folks that I would like to see at the top
would never oversell the unity of their party,
and they would get elected
with the minimum mis-selling
and remain highly competent,
They would promise less and deliver it
to provide stability where a government works
much harder than other governments are seen to work
with their highly processed photo-opportunities.