Seven of Nine

"Why let the mob decide whether

A Rule should go or stay?"

Wondered Coxy. "The right to choose

Should be for those who'll pay.

And while you're voting, guess how I

Prefer to drink my tea:

What blend, the substance of the pot,

If sweet, black or milky."

SP thought winners should be Wise,

Deced had other aims:

"Proposals need to be shorter!"

The Rani wanted names

Of February Proposals

To mention gods of love.

"That might include Bernard Cribbins!"

Cried Rod, "Heavens above!"

Rani asked if the pantheon

Incorporated Shaft.

Deced, not knowing whom she meant

Soon wound up feeling daft.

Millerqueen thought the Proposal

Discriminatory

Against Players with inverse fruit.

Can't say I disagree.

The Proposal failed, so Coxy

Wailed, "Alas and alack!"

And from a steel pot poured his tea