A Boon for the Papers

The forthcoming vote is most surely a boon

For the papers from now till the third week in June,

For they can all carry great screeds of reports,

On people’s long speeches and others’ retorts;

Editorial comment on every word said,

Of which it is certain they all will be fed;

Statistics galore will be floating around,

Showing who’s gaining and who’s losing ground;

Polls which are claim represent the true state,

Whose figures it’s said on the day will equate

With a victory so large there’ll be no room for doubt,

Whether the UK stays in or comes out,

Or maybe a race that is too close to call,

Meaning they really have no clue at all

Of how it will go, when the votes have been cast

And all the excitement is over at last.