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The euro monetary system
Is like a pitcher plant,
It can be easy to get in, but
When you want to leave - you can't.
The advantages are clearly shown -
Think of nectar on the flower lip;
Problems only reveal themselves
As down you gently slip.
Like an insect trapped in a flower,
Once you're in you can't get out,
No matter how you struggle,
Complain - protest - shout.
Some leaders thought the Euro zone
Would give them more authority.
Some countries even voted for
The death of their own currency.
It's fine in the good years,
But when economies crash
The authorities in Brussels decide
Which budgets you must slash.
When financial systems fail and flounder -
As drowning insects fight and flap -
Do countries wish their leaders
Had avoided the honeyed Euro trap?
February 2011
