Poem of the day

(Cartoon by Peter Brookes from The Times)

Democracy

Here's a boat that cannot float.
Here's a queue that cannot vote.
Here's a line you cannot quote.
Here's a deal you cannot note ...
and here's a sacrificial goat,
here's a cut, here's a throat,
here's a drawbridge, here's a moat ...
What's your hurry? Here's your coat.

Carol Ann Duffy