A Skinny Soya Democracy to Go

I often think

that Freedom

is the window dressing

for Democracy

and that we don't actually get

what it says on the tin

what we get

are a million extra choices

to make in our lives

that are expressed

in the important realms of

margarine selections

and

television channels

furniture sets

and

fashion parades

gizmos and gadgets

holidays and hangovers

we believe in free-dom but,

what we bought into...

[while we were distracted

by the gazillion

paralysing

consumer choices

that are so inconsequential

that we have become

too giddy and shallow

to be arsed with

a change]

...was the free-market

for afterall

freedom is far too much like hard work

[and it is]

when what we really want

is comfort and convenience

and democracy does no harm

like all those nasty tyrannies

[except that they do harm

to their own people

whereas we-the-free

do harm to people

that are far enough away

that we the voters don't

give a flying-fuck

unless we get free airmiles

with our flying-fucks]

and,

would you like an

environmentally friendly reusable bag

with your purchases today?