HOME GERRY		ODE TO THE G.S.T. By Cousin Gerry The Liberals got their way and now we've got a GST It's gunna make life difficult for you, and, yes, for me. It's not on basic food or education, health or rent But the cost of every other thing is up by ten per cent. Ten per cent on petrol or a simple cup of tea; There's ten per cent on strip joints, I suppose, but don't ask me. And now they're taxing poetry, even if it rhymes: Every poem written will have ten per cent more lines. For those in doubt, this ode will prove my theory is not wrong: For when this sentence ends, this poem will be ten lines long. And here's the extra ten per cent - it makes the end quite clunky.