Derek Mackie: Once upon a time in the West

Councils get a kick from cutting back the speed limit 

Forty’s the new Fifty, more speed bumps every minute 

Near deserted bike lanes, empty buses rumbling past 

In the pecking order, cars are firmly last 

Road cones sprout and multiply at an alarming rate 

Endless Stop/Go signs appear - gee thanks, mate! 

Constant roadworks, little working, drivers getting stressed 

Progress? It’s the same everywhere in the West 

Think climate change is natural? Best stay quiet, no confiding 

The UN strongly disagrees and you’re sure to COP a hiding 

CO2’s a trace gas, traps hardly any heat at all 

It’s been much higher in the past when Ice Ages held us in their thrall 

Pointing out the facts is a dangerous course 

You’ll be branded a denier by the screaming Greenie force 

Logic and reason gets a bullet in the chest 

Groupthink! It’s the same everywhere in the West 

At primary these days, maths and reading are old school 

Instead, littlies learn gender studies - a “progressive” modern tool 

Forget Boy and Girl pigeon-holes, two’s no kind of choice 

You can be anything you want to be - Fluid sounds quite nice 

Never mind they’re too immature to understand this shite 

Gender dysphoria - say what? Puberty blockers see them right 

Surely kids deserve debate to find out what works best 

Nah - WHO guessed! It’s the same everywhere in the West

 

Common sense is MIA, the Western World’s gone mad 

There’s no shared middle ground no more, you’re either good or bad 

Left hates Right and obsesses over extreme societal change 

Asks for voter feedback, then proceeds just the same 

The media's mostly captured, so too academics and celebs 

Now all that remains is indoctrinating all the mindless plebs 

Makes me hanker for the past, I truly must confess 

Oh yeah! Once upon a time in the West 

Today, brown and black are in-vogue, the favoured shades and faces 

It’s payback time, quite literally, for the despised colonial races 

History’s been massaged, the message loud and clear 

Democracy is past it, now power sharing's here 

Stone age has made a come-back, enlightenment is fading 

I think we’ll keep the wheel and steel, but science is degrading 

Can New Zealand buck the trend and purge the vipers nest? 

Please, yes! Once upon a time in the West 

Oh yeah, once upon a time in the West 

Derek Mackie is a former geologist with a keen interest in current affairs and a penchant for satire.