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Open Letter To a Tory Minister's Wife - From One Wife To Another - Part 2

Because he knows that despite the fact he’s a decent man There’s no other way to sort this out When even the police too are scared to arrest Or think it’s pointless In case they too are tarnished with ‘racist’ Or they yet again have to release with ‘no charge’ A threat of violence is the only language These people understand No wonder their kids Have turned out like they have Yet you will have to find a way to talk him out of it..... Despite that fact you know this is the only way to fix it You wish that life was any other way Do you ever think how did things get this bad? I am not sure you realise that they have Yet these types are repeatedly paid for To stay at home while you work early and late Just so those politicians can hide these families in other ways They don’t want to deal with them anymore that we So they use stats, figures and the like Throw money at them – and they thrive! So the tax payers can’t see the true state of this age Maybe we should call it ‘Benefits Gate’ There’s never anything left over for those that have paid As long as they stay out of your and you kids way? Do you worry after the day you’ve had About what you will feed your family tonight? Will it be just what’s left over from handouts? But you’re working right? Do you know that what you have won’t go very well together? Or would you just ask cook to bring you something better? And do you ever spend nights awake, worrying for hours, then greeting the morn Wondering how you get your life to resemble the ‘norm’ The cost of living and heating your house How will you keep providing for your children and now your spouse? Because his hours are going to be cut And it’s going to get really, really rough Will you have to listen to your kids complain? That it is the same as they had last night, again And that them at number 32 are having KFC AGAIN!! AND THAT KID AT NUMBER 32 HE’S GOT THOSE TRAINERS THAT THAT FOOTBALLER WORE IT’S NOT FAIR MUM - I HATE YOU ALL! But you are trying to be careful and not spend what you can’t afford But our kids have their noses rubbed in it That they haven’t got the same as yours You try to avoiding those bankers, advertisers and those in marketing Who only want to get you into debt by encouraging you to live Beyond your means mostly on credit Overdrafts, credit cards, debt, debt, debt What happened to work hard and save up for it? You don’t want their consuming ways and they don’t get it (please continue to part 3)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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