Undaunted

HAIKU WEDNESDAY

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'Dare'

UNDAUNTED

Do what you think right.

Dare to choose the other road,

If need be, alone.

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CANCELLATION

I'm probably talking through my hat

And, no doubt, I'll be knocked flat;

High Finance is a mystery

For elderly grannies such as me.

But financial affairs are in such a mess

That the whole world is suffering stress

And just another hair-brained idea

Doesn't matter there or here.

If Country A owes to Country B

And the debt's moved on to country C,

And Country D is then in line

To pay up or receive a fine,

And Country E is getting fretful,

Because some countries are forgetful,

And Country F points at C and D

And says 'That cash belongs to me!'

And Country Z, right at the end

Thinks 'Shall I borrow or shall I lend?'

And everyone's getting in a huddle

Sorting-out the dreadful muddle....

Why can't we simply wipe the slate,

Return things to an earlier date

When a country's finances were its own

And all this rigmarole unknown.

Let's just say ' Forgive the lot!

Every Country keep what it's got!

At the stroke of twelve (or ten or two)

What you've got belongs to you.'

Of course my system would be unfair.

 There'd be winners and losers, but I don't care.

Some would benefit, some would lose

And nobody could pick and choose.

OK The Books would be in a mess;

OK there'd be unhappiness.

But everybody is going to suffer

If this 'rough patch' gets any rougher!

With things as they are for one and all

We're robbing Peter and paying Paul,

But Peter and Paul are one and the same,

Both are guilty, both to blame;

The ribbons are tangled in the Maypole Dance.....

Ireland, America, Russia, France.

Let's cancel it all and start again,

Making up our minds that the present pain

Is too unbearable to repeat!

Or else we'll ALL be admitting defeat.

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