Election Mangana
1. For three long years, it festers With occasional flares Whilst we wait like impatient Hungry school kids for the bell! Half listening, half-sleeping Whilst the hapless teacher drones on About formulas and theorems And when we hear the clang Of the lunchtime bell, All hell breaks loose! We are released from holding Like breached waters That go roaring down the valley, Each trying to outdo the other. As the banners fly In election time! Read: Village Boy Impressions - A Tribute to Hunger 2. It is a trying time, yes! Election time is nuisance time. Trying your patience and nerves! You can’t listen to the radio! All day without rest or respite Talk show hosts and panellists Hiss and bark at each other and at you! Whilst others beat war drums And sound rallying trumpets All to get your poor thumb! 3. No solace on the TV either! Irksome commercials run non stop Regurgitat