Murmuring, mumbling,
mouthing, monotonous;
muckraking mannequins
marketing mystery,
monstrous monopolies,
millionaires’ malpractice,
martyrs and murderers,
misfits in monasteries;
‘mister’-ing, ‘madam’-ing
(mischievous meddling),
mutating ministries -
Maggie’s minority,
Major’s majority.
Meaningful? Meaningless?
Manic, mellifluous,
mindlessly muddling,
masterful, minatory,
massaging monitors
masking mismanagement;
monstrously magical,
made to manipulate,
maxi-malodorous
megalomaniac
mind-munching Media.
What
took you so long?
(January, 1991)