An Ode To The Odious

With apologies to Will Howells, I publish in full his Sonnet On William Shakespeare by the Home Secretary.

Macbeth the Thane had a vision of a thing
He asked: “Is this a dagger I see before me?”
Instead of murdering his way to be king
He should comply with our knife amnesty

Romeo and Juliet on each other were quite keen
He took his own life drinking poison from a vial
Young Juliet was not yet aged fourteen
So good riddance to the paedophile

I have a plan to beat Gordon Brown
The Winter’s Tale has given me a lead
I’ll ride the Chancellor out of this town
“Exit, pursued by John Reid”

Was Shakespeare or Marlowe or another the Bard?
We would know if he’d had an identity card

I rather liked that: it neatly summs up a goodly number of Reid's stupidities, inanities and profanities...

Still, in the spirit of the thing, here's my little effort.

There once was a bruiser called Reid
Who followed the Communist creed;
After sinking a skinful
He decided it sinful
And resolved thence to follow his greed.

Rather good, I thought.