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REGENERATION GAME

Poverty stigmatises
Poverty overwhelms
Poverty condemns

To rid an area of its poor
Is the new regeneration game 
That governments catering to middle class greed employ
Thus keeping the third estate in check 

Sterility of environment 
White washing of areas
Coupled with compulsory cauterization of attachment 
Are the sticks that beat down the resolve 
Of the new underserving poor

Those that made an area 
Vibrant
Rhythmic with charm 
And a melting pot of cohesion
Are no longer welcomed
Now the developer sees an opportunity
 
The middle class scramble 
For central havens 
Above the best schools
Sends planners into an orgy 
Of false accusation against the poor 
And wilful disregard for the 
Life blood of the communities 
They so lovingly plunder

The hardship of having too much 
Is the story of those in power  
An Understanding of poverty 
Is not a vote puller 
Thus all are rated on their property value
And their post code 
 
To beat the low paid and waged
And the non-double barrelled named
Is a game the chattering classes engage in
Stigmatising the hardworking 
Demonising them for living

Democracy functions today 
By dividing society into the powerful and the followers
Those that cannot influence 
Or have friends with connections
Are never to be allowed within the city walls 
Lepers they must always be 

To occupy a space where one
Is no longer welcomed 
Is the daily grief of the estate inhabitants 
Those that have stayed when the going was rough 
Are now discouraged from
Claiming ancestry of an area
They will be rooted out come what may 
By a council with middle class ambitions 

Social depravity does not fit 
With most government’s upward mobility 
The Victorian idea of the needful poor
Rears its ugly head even in our modern times 
Those that have not are always 
Meant to be have nots 

Politically motivated poor bashing
Is how a party gets into power and stays in power
The economy and society are pawns only 
To attract 
Buy 
And keep voters 
Fooled by the scraps from a heavy laden debt table 

Selfishness is an ingredient in all 
Past social implosions 
Today’s regeneration plans 
May ignite and incite smouldering ambition
When those that want a fair share 
May overcome 
The goliath that is selfishness
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