The Greek gravy train hits the buff€rs
Europe looks away as a nation suffers ‘Don’t ask us for help with your plight You owe us big time, it’s ours by right So clear off back to crumbling Greece Toil day and night and never cease Things for you will get no better Until no longer are you a debtor’ €€€ What next for Tsipras and Varoufakis Heading for home to sink some rakis? Short shrift they had from Europe’s elite So it’s back to Athens to take some heat What the Greek people have now is plain Tsipras is Samaras with a different name Some say he fooled his voters and lied But kinder folk say his hands were tied. €€€ Each year the Greeks celebrate ‘Ochi’ day When Mussolini learned there was no way He could trample across Hellenic lands With his fascist troops and cut-throat bands His march on Greece brought bloody nose He called friend Adolf to fight his foes During four long years jackboots dictated By most of Greece his men were hated €€€ Yet now left-wing Syriza bends its knee To the new-found strength of Germany The tragedy goes way beyond the shores Of Greek democracy, ideals and laws This new Europe in which we’re all thrust Is the very antithesis of democracy’s trust A principle established in ancient Greece To serve the people and keep the peace €€€ The EU was set-up to stop Europe’s wars Some say it now settles far earlier scores To trample roughshod over a nation’s right To protect its people and stand and fight Should Syriza fly the white flag of defeat And grovel once more at the tyrant’s feet? Better a brand new F’Ochi-off day Than let moneyed tyrants have their say €€€ The people didn’t vote to bear this cross Of a dictating Europe that thinks it’s boss The German euro will bring nothing but pain So throw it out – raise the drachma again! Take courage Tsipras, put democracy first Or end up a failure and be forever cursed Greece has no choice the euro to leave Gather your strength and give it the heave
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6/3/2015 11:24:34
I don't see political prose often enough. It a little hard for us non-Europeans to follow the players but it gave me a pretty good idea of how you feel about the situation.
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Richard Stevens
6/3/2015 16:43:44
Thanks for your kind words which I have just read. It is half past midnight here now, so please excuse the very brief message. I am very interested in posting some of my work on your site and will be in touch again tomorrow.
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Richard
20/11/2015 22:52:31
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