Parole Boards Mar 11th,2011 Poem by James Bredin

I doubt that I will ever be a parole board appointee,
Those who make these appointments would nod their heads and agree,
This important issue is never brought up at election time,
Because they don’t live in an area where there’s lots of crime.

Those appointed to the parole boards tend to be a certain class,
Inclined to let criminals out of jail and give others a free pass,
Impressed by their establishment status, importance and power,
Looking down from some legal Ottawa courthouse tower.

So it seems there’s something wrong that no one will point out,
Therefore constituents don’t know what this is all about,
Until some early released idiot commits another crime,
But why can’t the system be changed, time after time after time?

Mar 11th,2011