Japan, the land of the rising sun, feels forlorn;
Their economy is more like dusk than shining dawn.
Inflation’s low, growth is weak and their average population’s far too old
A country where more geriatric nappies, than those for babies, are now sold.
So Japan’s interest rates have been dropped to negative
Prospects are not “pick me up”, but, alas, they’re dismal sedative.
The hard working Japanese will now be charged to save their hard earned wonga
And thus encouraged not to hoard, but to spend it on Sony, Muji and Honda.

According to the eminent Oxford English Dictionary, it seems
There are several definitions for the word “Trump”, it deems:
“Trump”, verb, to beat a player’s card to become the best;
“Trump”, noun, a playing card that ranks above the rest;
“Trump”, verb, to break wind, to flatulate, to fart out loud.
Many interpretations are there to ponder for the American crowd.
You may think Donald Trump’s full of hot air and a joker you may resent.
But for others he’s a winner, he’s brash and tough, he’s the perfect President.

This week saw the final Landrover Defender come off the production line,
For nearly seventy years it’s been the global motoring icon of our time.
This most stalwart of cars, the quintessential four by four.
It’s been used by everyone, both by the rich and by the poor.
Farmers, soldiers, rally drivers, royalty and all societies’ ranks
As country workhorse through mud and rivers to gleaming Chelsea tanks.
Since 1948 over two million have been made, but so tough are they
That most are still being driven, not gone, they’re here to stay.