God Save Mugabe

An ironic tilt at Mugabe and the Zimbabwe regime, inspired by the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen

Mugabe mug shots fill the TV news

Mugabe thugs shoot to kill in village

Or beat them up with metal bars because

Inflation eats up money in rampage

And nation can’t afford bullets. Damage

Must be done on cheap. Gored gullets, hacked off

Limbs, acts of lust by sons out on forage

For things for their mums and siblings, real soft

Hearted Zimbabweans, family and stuff

The rest of them. Mugabe men abuse

Mugabe men eat well and they manage

MDC men go hungry, it is tough

But their fault for their angry nasty views

Mugabe mighty warrior, pay homage

Author's Note

Not to be taken literally of course

Reviews

[J. Marc]

Indeed. One must live in the U,K. to be so keenly aware of the situation in Zimbabwe, for it seems that the destiny of this country is tightly linked with the huge interests of some banks in the U.K.. So congratulations for the courage to write and publish this poem. There are situations which no one seems to want to change. Too bad that these situations are always taking place in Africa, the continent forgotten by God himself!

[Tony]

Of course not. What a horrible vision!
I have had the misfortune of reading a little about the goings on over in Africa. All that stuff makes me want to cry. So much violence and hunger. So little love and understanding.
Kind of like the United States of America is getting to be.
I take that back. Everything is fine and everyone should just keep on acting like it.

[mysticgmekeepr]

That country is bereft of anything . God save the people from their rulers and illustrious leaders, and thats probably true just about everywhere.