Home Affairs Part 1

These are the last words,
My moment of finality.
With cars driving past
And Pollution triggering the onset
Of a great earth shattering sneeze.
The system is down,
But people still hang around.

I feel the urge to burst into song
To rid us of our anger
And aggression towards the system.

But singing won't help.
We want what we came for,
What we can't go without.

We are slaves to the system,
The system that's crashed
And left us stranded
With no place to go. But back home.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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August 9, 2018 at 5:45 PM
Evening Heather. My niece Shade is applying or trying to get a British Passport . She has been to the department if home affairs about 7 times spending a minimum of 4 hours at a time trying to get her Birth Certificate her Mum and Dads Marriage Certificate and her Dads birth certificate. 3 months on and nothing to slow for all her efforts. Broken System broken country. Love your work . Cheers Chris
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January 19, 2016 at 7:29 PM
HEATHER, I really enjoyed this poem thanks for sharing **SKAT**
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