we've reached the very lowest point
it can't get any worse
so said the pundits in one voice
as if reciting verse

in unison they'd decried
the state of current affairs
now in hindsight admit they'd lied
but nobody anymore cares

for down the slide of despair
falls humanity all together,
panting polluted, poisoned air,
corruption of the weather

each step seemed the worst
but the dam had not yet burst
now the world is d* accursed
too late to press reverse

common man is powerless
to change our history's course
in face of political cowardice
and greed and avarice

blind to truth, blind to nature,
elected idiots of legislature,
titivate daily 'fore [or for] the mirror
deaf to all but their own ear

too late we've realised it's up to us
can't rely on the tin-gods
Not Boris Johnson nor Lizzy Truss
nor all the other despots

it can't get any worse
said the pundits in one voice
then they pushed Lizzy Truss
said, "you've got no choice"

is it any wonder
we've yielded to despair
time to buckle-under
close eyes and stop to care