Here's a new one of mine, fresh off the production line, inspired by the last few days' nonsense, which may or may not be out-of-date by the next Singaround. For our West-Pondian readers: read "burke" (sometimes spelt "berk") as "fool" or "troll" to (dis)taste.

(He's a) Burke in a Gilded Cage

Tune: Bird in a Gilded Cage (approximately)

    He's only a burke in a gilded cage,
            A horrible sight to see;
    If nobody's looking he'll kick up a fuss,
    An agent of chaos from Tantrums R Us:
    His distant controllers are smiling
            As they gently direct his rage:
    He's been bought and sold for a spraycan of gold ....
            He's a burke in a gilded cage.
   
    He's only a burke in a gilded cage,
            A pitiful sight to see;
    As his handlers feed his addiction to bling,
    Hear his mental cash-register going KerChing! ---
    Yet still ev'ry night he is lonely,
            No comfort in his old age:
    There's no bed so cold as an old man's gold ....
            He's a burke in a gilded cage.

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