Brexit Sonnet No. 86 – ‘Our SW1 Time Machine’

Our SW1 Time Machine stands ready,
Its batteries charged, its time locks fully primed.
The time multiplying fields are holding steady,
The debates and votes now precisely timed.
So all is set, for twelve of your earthly hours,
To spend on business substantial, profound and vast.
What luck we have these ticking warping powers,
To quantitatively withdraw the time for Brexit task.
So hooray for this time travelling life we lead,
Hooray that we may conserve this beam of time.
This chamber green from temporal constraint, now freed,
One great machine, this avoidance tool of mine.
So no backfires, photon drives engage,
Time continuum warp and… Democracy enrage.

©Keith Murphy