<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357499" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Consummation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They may be duds or they may be drones,<br>Or legislators heaven-sent;<br>But the A.L.P. for all atones<br>When it gets them into Parliament.<br>Tho' they talk sheer drivel once they're there,<br>Our job is done. Why should we care?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>They may be mild or they may be reds, <br>Or 'has-beens' who have missed the bus.<br>But the simple job of counting heads<br>Is all that matters much to us.<br>And the job we do with wondrous ease<br>Is the mas production of M.P's.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So, why blame us in peevish gloom,<br>And charge us with this grievous sin?<br>They may involve the land in doom;<br>But our job's done; we've got 'em in.<br>As from the pod come peas all green<br>We turn 'em out with our machine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>They may be robots, built with care,<br>Or silly sheep, or crazy goats;<br>But, once they're tied and branded there,<br>They art no longer men, but votes.<br>Thus, we our glorious aim achieve,<br>And triumph, tho' the nation grieve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357499" data-title="Consummation de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="They may be duds or they may be drones, Or legislators heaven-sent; But the A.L.P. for all atones When it gets them into Parliament. Tho' they talk sheer drivel once they're there, Our job is done. Why should we care? They may be mild or they ma..."></div> </div> </div>

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