Poetry by Rowan Evans

Governments Behaving Badly: A Satirical Poetry Series [pt. 1]

Author’s Note

Sometimes the only way to process the state of the world is to laugh at it.

Raising Governments takes the chaos, contradictions, and immaturity often seen in global leadership and reframes it through something familiar: parenting. Not out of cruelty – but out of exhaustion. The kind that comes from watching the same mistakes repeat, over and over again.

This piece leans into satire, using humor to highlight a deeper frustration – how systems meant to lead can sometimes feel reactive, impulsive, and disconnected from the people they affect.

At its core, this isn’t just about governments.
It’s about accountability.

And the strange reality of feeling like the adults in the room… aren’t.

— Rowan Evans

Raising Governments
Poetry by Rowan Evans

Why are governments
actin’ like bad kids,
needing their ass whipped?
Go and get the switch—
you pick. We’re going back
to the 90s and before.
No corners for you, no more.

I’m not mad, I’m just—
disappointed.
I’ll turn this car around.
Don’t think I won’t,
I can see you in the rear view.
This is gonna hurt me,
more than it does you.

As soon as we get home,
everyone to your rooms.
I need a minute to breathe—
collect myself.
And your attitudes…
they don’t help.

If you’re interested in more poetry, you can find it here → [The Library of Ashes]