Vegetable Tax

It was budget day in my country
and from the fountain of words
that gushed from the despatch box
and all the blabbering media outlets
it was clear that speculative language
remained untaxed and the price of gas
for selectively gaslighting remains stable.

The new tax on queueing was cancelled
-with all the legislation that the government
has been unable to pass
they would have been taxing themselves.  

What was less clear was whether
the tax had changed on goading/sticks,
and on 'sticking plaster' solutions,
and what the tax allowance was on carrots. 

Exposed

Weak leaders present themselves as 'Mr Smart'
with their penny pinching short cuts
which they think few people  notice,
as they move to remove the reserves
from the systems that everyone relies upon.

The press will always be praise Mr Smart
and his friends for their sense of economy
but we all know this will lead to us being exposed
when what we depend on is becomes full of holes.