Appointees with power and privilege don’t want anything to change,
Until after they are seventy five and then maybe rearrange,
Dangerous democracy could interfere with their arrangements,
Might even cause Senate elections and subsequent estrangements.
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I think I’ll apply to be a senator and why not?
They were appointed for no known reason and some were caught,
I could pretend to live in Ottawa and be a big shot,
I’m as good as they are and I once owned a tiny little yacht.
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As Canadians, we don’t vote for our prime minister by name,
The political party does and this is not the same - a shame,
And the prime minister then appoints his friends as senators,
Mulroney’s appointees gave us the GST - the instigators.
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Why can’t we have binding referendums like the Swiss?
We’re caught in a no death-with-dignity political abyss,
With Trudeau’s Charter and rights for every terrorist about
While you and I and the other Canadians have no clout.
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I want to die when I’m very old, at least a hundred and seven,
And I don’t think I’ll be going to either hell or heaven,
Because I lost the faith in my religion a long time ago,
Because of the Vatican scandals and stuff I didn’t know.
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Canadians, like the Sue Rodriguez case; have been refused point blank,
It’s the political elusive way; though they pretend to be quite frank,
Never discussed, never mentioned, because they’ve all been told,
The death-with-dignity issue, is probably sinful and far too bold.
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Death-with-dignity could be considered a religious divorce,
Could be considered a major spiritual change of course,
Because pompous preachers on pulpits wave their arms and don’t agree,
It’s considered a deadly mortal sin so get down on your knees.
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Why is it so difficult to get assisted suicide?
Why do none of the major religions want to come on side?
This frantic fight of the twenty first century is now,
It’s better than shooting each other but still an awful row.
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I hear some appointed senators are making strange claims,
Involving taxpayers’ money but they say there’s no one to blame,
But they can keep their jobs until they are seventy five or more,
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Some of the great people I worked with long ago, are now dead,
We are all going that way, as I try to remember what they said,
And we have no control of when, where or why we will die,
And it’s not considered important so no need to ask why.
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