Big Brother Is Always Watching Me Poem by Francis Duggan

On the flag post above the National Monument the National flag in the winds wave
In honour of the National heroes the war dead and the brave,
The thing known as patriotism part of our National identity
On war memorial avenue a soldier's name is nailed to every tree.

To their chosen house of worship the faithful flock to pray
Our god is the one true god you always hear them say
They mention war in god's name and worship god in song
If they think they are so right then they cannot be wrong.

We often hear 'tis culture that cause the people divide
But that there are other factors should never be denied.
Since religion and patriotism in war plays a major part
But for every death in every war there's many a grieving heart

'Tis said they died for freedom what is freedom anyway?
'Tis a question that I ask myself a few times every day
I live in a so called Democratic Nation though I do not totally feel free
Since I know that Big Brother is always watching me.

And big brother he is listening to every word we say
And for free speech loss of freedom can be the price we pay
'Tis a crime to speak good of this bad person big brother to us preach
If this be so it would appear we do not have free speech.

And in the wind the National flag is waving above the war monument today
And in their house of worship the faithful to their one true god do pray
And people dying in war zones and every drought ravaged Land
All of this for an ordinary one such as me too complex to understand.