Colourful Silvio's ways
Are certain to shock and amaze.
Although repartee
Doesn't guarantee 'free',
The rumour is, sometimes he pays.

© Martin Hodges

Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi appears in corruption case
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Martin is a writer, and former columnist. He has twice been editor of Viewpoint (a forum for INDEPENDENT internal comment within the University of Southampton), and is co-founder of Poetry24.