Poem: 'THE ELECTION OF PEPPA PIG'

THE ELECTION 

OF PEPPA PIG 

                           (poem for Tamsin) 

in truth,
the campaign gets dirty, very quickly, Andrew Marr suggests
Muddy Puddle Jumping is not the answer to economic instability,
that species-integration in the classroom will
adversely effect educational standards,
and that Daddy Pig’s grunting
is evidence of brute porcine nature,
pork butchers protest at declining sales,
yet exit poll merchandising is strong…
with Peppa Pig installed at no.10
establishing luna trade-links with the Clangers,
Bagpuss and the mice on the opposition benches
and brother George (with dinosaur) as chancellor
state-funding a policy of NHS muddy puddles for all,
with Octonauts patrolling the Ministry of Defence,
Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom a more cost-effective royalty
and ever-closer union with Oz, Narnia and Middle Earth
the new era of global sunshine
in ten-minute episodes
detonates a rain of
endless cartoon flowers…