Politics Schmolitics! Poem by John KENT

We go to work to earn the cash

to pay the bills that never end

but then we're forced to pay our tax

so little cash is left to spend

on things we like to spend our time

like having fun and drinking wine

and swimming in the deep blue sea

with all my friends my son and me

then lay upon the beach to tan

and slow but sure we form a plan

to save more cash so we can buy

the finer things that catch our eye

but once again our plans are wrecked

by politicians so inept

that they can't make their budget pay

for all the things we need today

so we can live in happiness

and spend our lives without duress

enjoying goods that we possess

paid for by our own success.





It's time for governments to learn

that our respect they have to earn

and not rely on our largesse

to save them from their self-made mess

or one day soon a time will come

when we'll be forced to end their fun

by any means that we deem fit

and they will have no say in it

as we have taken quite enough

of their abuse and living rough

and though we know these times are tough

our lives depend on other stuff

to help us through the years ahead

which most of us all clearly dread

'cause if the past is any guide

we know full well it's suicide

to try to change what we cannot

and live our lives without a lot

of basic things and be misled

to waste our lives to end up dead!




11/6/2012