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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Derek Mackie: Candle in the Wind









Sitting on the fence 
 A skill you execute, par excellence 
  While running scared of anything 
   That spooks Maori or our MSM 
God forbid you’re asked 
 For your opinion on a controversial task 
  No straight answers but your bent is clear 
   Labour-lite behind a National mask 


         And it seems to me, you lead us all 
         Like a candle in the wind 
         Smoky visions, dim decisions 
         Prone to wavering 
         Another corporate crusader 
         In a social justice cloak 
         Your candle’s almost burnt right down 
         Your legend’s going broke 


 Confrontation ain’t your thing 
  When hounded you retreat and then give in 
   You support a “partnership” 
    With those who want it all 
A United Nations devotee 
 Virtue-signalling each Left-inspired decree 
  Pledging billions into climate change 
   A naive wastrel’s spending spree 


         And it seems to me, you lead us all 
         Like a candle in the wind 
         Blowing one way, then the other 
         When the Press piles in 
         Defining principles is tricky 
         For a woke “progressive” bloke 
         Your candle’s almost spluttered out 
         Your legend’s up in smoke 


         Oh yes, it seems to me, you lead us all 
         Like a candle in the wind 
         Obscure and hazy, logic lazy 
         When Treaty rights blow in 
         Your time on stage is almost over 
         And your lines are all but spoke 
         Your candle’s close to vanishing 
         Your legend’s ‘bout to croak 



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

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