Poetic Licence: The Downing Street Chi
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Your support makes all the difference.In the wake of recent news that Cherie Blair wears a New Age pendant containing magic crystals, a Feng Shui consultant has reportedly toured Numbers 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street to advise the Blairs on the state of their Yin and Yang
They mumble in moustaches
And cackle now and then:
The ghosts of politicians
Who lurk at Number Ten...
They gather in the small hours
To watch the new man's game.
His pressures and his bugbears,
Once theirs, remain the same.
The budget: That old see-saw;
Those arrows left and right;
The Washington alarm call
And daggers in the night;
The sudden resignations
At times expected least;
The Saladin-in-waiting
Who rears up from the east.
It all comes with the office
And nothing's ever changed,
Not even if the armchairs
And beds are rearranged;
Not even if those windbells
And pictures which you hang
Can counteract the loo vibe
To balance Yin and Yang.
For rulers all need dummies,
Depending on their type -
A cricket bat, an organ,
A handbag or a pipe -
Whatever makes your chi flow,
Whatever calms you down,
Whatever starts your moped
And gets you into town.
The cabinet clutching crystals,
Nine goldfish in the tank,
And Mo placed next to Gordon,
Who's upside down near Frank.
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