To fans of righteous indignation
tuned to the commercial station
Leading Britain’s Conversation:
Take an ultra-processed look
at gambling’s advertorial hook
which claims, in excerpts from its book,
It’s All a Bit of Fun
The fat-voiced man
who sells MacBeef
to clog our veins
with cheese and grief
and chemistry to fool the brain
with salt and fat and sugar cane
to send you to an early grave
all paid for with the money saved
consuming filthy concentrated
ready-chewed regurgitated
Garbage in a Bun.
Its Wednesday*
your luck is in!
there’s slots and lots
of cash to win
and hard statistics you can use
to make sure you will never lose
The money tree (where lunch is free )
rewards your gullibility
The spat-out speeded-up disclaimer’s
no deterrent to the gamer
because it’s all a bit of fun
until there’s nowhere left to run
and when the fun stops
take a break
confront the bailiffs when you wake
explain its all a big mistake
And Buy Yourself a Gun
*or Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday or Tuesday
Colin Gibson
Words and Graphic
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