Tory maths
you have to laugh
turning graphs
to hieroglyphs
so they don’t have to admit
the mess we’re in.
They can’t count
and we can’t count
on them.
Fifty thousand nurses
were promised
but that figure consisted
of staff that already existed.
Manipulation
of simple equations
to provide a narration
aimed
to hoodwink a nation.
One hundred thousand tests
available to any key worker who requests
but the amount that tried to get one
literally crashed the internet.
What did you expect?
I expected nothing less,
than empty promises
which end up feeling like threats.
So they announce today
Hooray
we’ve fiddled you again
sent out kits in the mail
but counted them all the same.
You might need to invest in some calculators,
Or maybe just in people who respect the fact that we have brains,
and enough of a labour education
to be able to see through
your dodgy equations,
You should be ashamed.
Making false claims
to distract
from the fact
that you failed.
Yet again.