Plague Songs - Cabinet Haikus / by Rich Hobbs

Boris Johnson, oh

Christ All-bollocking-mighty,

Here’s Boris Johnson.

Rishi Sunak’s head

Is too big for his body.

Teeth outgrew his mouth.

Dominic Raab’s face

Mirrors his charisma like 

A bruised soft palate.

Michael Gove squats and

Makes the other gargoyles puke

More than rainwater.

Priti Patel? What

The actual fuck is this

Mad moron up to?

Williamson! He’s

Wiry! A shopping trolley

On three wobbly wheels.

Grant Shapps smiles, then he

Looks puzzled, then he’s solemn.

Boy with three faces.

Robert Jenrick sports

A phantom bounder’s moustache

Above Bunter lips.

Jacob Rees-Mogg. God!

Spats strapped round an umbrella,

Monocle each eye.

Dominic Cummings’

Rapist’s track suit pants. Fixed sneer.

A nation winces.

Who are the rest? Who

Cares? Spare my soul from stains of

Mediocrity.