The Gathering

 

The Gathering 

Butler Yeats gives the room a look, 

reads all the faces like a book, 

signals servants to bring the wine, 

to goad the guests before they dine. 

Wine is served to stony faces, 

well preserved by stoic graces, 

impassive looks by empty class, 

as butler pours into their glass. 

A call for quiet by the host, 

with glasses raised to propose a toast, 

“another win, a robust year, 

may all its worth come bring you cheer.” 

Glasses clink on futures claimed, 

on those they took and those they’ve maimed, 

agreements made in here n’ after, 

hubris formed in all the laughter. 

Ego’s dressed so high and mighty, 

clones of Zeus and Aphrodite, 

guests are ushered in their fable, 

served and seated at their table. 

Settled at the dinner party, 

Charles of Wales and Moriarty, 

tax evaders of special sort, 

friend and brother to Duke of York. 

In conversation of their schemes, 

the haunting sounds of muffled screams, 

divulged in spirits growing chatter, 

the rout of youth by frenzied hatter. 

Johnson chaffs the Scottish Wyland’s, 

“protecting both, your precious highlands? 

for whatever that the cost may be, 

we shall never surrender! Don’t you See?!” 

Edward G rolls with the laughter, 

sovereignty, will come soon after, 

and place this Boris on their throne, 

with fifty P and fifty stone. 

Beside the Windsor’s are the Sach’s, 

wall street cheats with financial axe, 

all acquired by Rothschild’s nod, 

the one that claims he is our God. 

Across from God, are the Schroder’s, 

bankers from patrician orders, 

a billion mouths will see no food, 

from fires set by his foul mood. 

At tables end, the Sultan king, 

an oil thief with terror fling, 

and with him is his protégé, 

insane prince Salmon on his way. 

Then theirs Bill and Melinda Gates, 

who’ve upped the antivirus stakes, 

a global stream of virus fear, 

to make them trillions in a year. 

and lastly there’s the Clinton clan, 

William being the lady’s man, 

with Epstein escorts young and bold, 

approved by Hillary, so I’m told. 

Duke of York then comes on over, 

pretends to be a wild rover, 

the escorts leave Bill all alone, 

to play with Andy on his throne. 

Yeats rolls his eyes, and plugs his ears, 

for nothings changed in all these years, 

except that faces come and go, 

prolongs and keeps the status quo.

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About this Poem: This is satirical look at a dinner party attended by well know people of today with a few characters from the past.

The character Butler Yeats refers to “William Butler Yeats” an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

Moriarty has a double meaning; Sherlock Holms nemesis and the Moriarty Tribunal - officially called the Tribunal of Inquiry into certain Payments to Politicians and Related Matters. In this case it refers to 2 politicians Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry

Edward G refers to two people, “Film actor Edward G. Robinson” best remembered for his tough-guy roles in gangster films such as Little Caesar and Key Largo and also refers to “Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II”.