Topical Acrostic Sonnets

 Three-Month Rule

 The rule is clear: a minister whose gig
 Has ceased should wait at least three months before
 Receiving—from the right-wing press—a big
 Emolument for words. Three months or more
 Elapsing was no sweat for Boris J:
 Month meant a day for Telegraph largesse,
 Or just ten mins when Daily Mail could pay.
 Narrating tales of others who'd transgress
 The three-month rule, a watchdog chair said they
 Had been befuddled, even though they too
 Ran government (in constant disarray)
 Until they left ... I'd craft the rule anew:
 Let three months be when ministers can get
 Ejected if not unbefuddled yet!

 (First published in Light on 28st July, 2025 as
  one of the Poems of the Week. Story here)



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