Eight-line Poems

Tragedy

Tragedy

The politician’s dream of party,
while anything but hearty,
like Macbeth by Monty Python,
was not to be relied on -
though serious in its intent
and tragedic in its bent,
it ended by being a homily
that we all took as comedy.


Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 08.04.23
Prompt: Tragedy.