Open Letter To a Tory Minister's Wife - From One Wife To Another - Part 5
(Part 5 of 5)
And no more your kids will get a chance above mine
Because at my work I’ve never even met the bosses
You see we were able to hold our own before
And keep the wolves from the door
I could even see a future....for us all
But this we are now struggling to do since your
Husband and his friends have shut the door
This is not just yours and their country you know
Your playground, your way, you always first
The protection of power, privilege and money
Which you think you can have until the end of your days
No way
Why are your children worth more opportunities than mine?
Just because your husband happens to be called something like ‘Kensington-Smythe’
And why are they encouraged to get used to this from an early age?
What happened to every child born the same?
So what can I ask you wife to wife?
To help us all provide for our families a decent life?
No more fiddling, expenses, and for everyone to pay their fair share
You or yours want a duck house, pet food or **** (I don’t judge you) - just pay for it yourselves
No letting the rich off towing the line
Make them behave with the values I try to instil in mine
All we need is democracy back
Although there’s no denying that it will probably get your husband the sack
Because if they let us have democracy – one person one vote
No lobbing, ‘donations’ or spin doctors - what a joke
Just a ballot box and a voter
With a pen in hand
Making a fair decision as to what they think is best for this land
Without being pulled this way and that by promises that will never be
Supported by marketing, trickery and celebrity
But I don’t think this will be so
Because if they every gave us that
This would be when changes would start to happen
And I know that now YOU would be in fear
Because if we got democracy back in 2015
You wouldn’t be living like this time next year
Anna Archichek
Copyright © Anna Archichek | Year Posted 2015
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