James Bredin Poems

Death with dignity should be the first question on a referendum,
But Canadians can’t have a referendum or even a memorandum,
The Ottawa establishment is too busy and they just don’t care,
And the religious types would rather that we be involved in prayer.
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Our senators would be unemployed if we abolished that place,
Do we have the power to do that and would it be a disgrace?
Can someone name something good that the Senate might have done?
Why were they appointed till they’re seventy five - everyone?
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Death without dignity could be death with lots of pain,
But those who died in pain are no longer around and can’t complain,
Canadian politicians and Ottawa elites will not discuss,
They don’t want Canadians to think or ever cause a fuss.
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What did those senators do to get a senate appointment?
Could I do it too or would I only be a disappointment?
Okay okay, I’m over seventy five but that’s not the point.
Because they can lounge till they are seventy five in that joint.
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No propositions and no binding referendums allowed,
The establishment types want us to talk but with our heads bowed,
To show respect and don’t dare try to turn on the Internet,
Strange ideas that might get inside our heads and then infect.
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This is one subject that is seldom if ever discussed,
Priests and ministers and bishops get to show their disgust,
Death-with-dignity is not tolerated by any religion,
Certainly never discussed where there might be children.
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I’m concerned about the place, the when and the where, I will die,
Ontario politicians who put us in debt up to our eyes,
And we can’t recall them and force them to quit and go away,
They like being Ontario politicians and they want to stay.
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I can’t believe that we have so many unknown appointees,
Lots of stuff going on behind our backs that we can’t see,
This huge Senate full of appointees, we never heard of or know,
And when we do have an election, less than half of us go.
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I can’t believe that we have so many unknown appointees,
Lots of stuff going on behind our backs that we can’t see,
This huge Senate full of appointees, we never heard of or know,
And when we do have an election, less than half of us go.
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I heard that Pope Francis may let a Catholic priest have a wife,
They should have done it five hundred years ago to lessen the strife,
And I hope he allows ladies to be promoted to priests,
Many are already qualified and should just read the briefs.
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