What Is the Truth

Flowers festoon the streets of pain The media is saying here comes political gain There are ‘situations’ and ‘incidents’ so they say They wheel out a spokesman whoevers flavour of the day Try to deliver bad news with a celebrity sparkle Doesn’t help the ‘situation’ from becoming a debacle Promises are made in the debris of life Cuts very deep like a social knife ‘heard it before’ shouts a voice from the crowd Another joins in social justice got loud