Our forebears fought for rights
strived for children’s lives
worked to establish
protection for the ill
the old and those
who could not look
after themselves
its a neighborly thing
to look after kith and kin
even when they aren’t your own
we’ve been through this before
the rich the vested interest
and the “poor law”
time to look after our own
time to look it in the eye
see what it is
see what its for
make sure you vote
with your eyes open
don’t give your vote away!
So many children died young
the valley had the highest
infant mortality rate in the land
death stared in at every door
I lived in a time and a place
where so many spoke
with horror of the means test
memories of hunger
and much more
is this what we want
where we return to
you who have no knowledge
of such times of hardship
be wise in the way you vote
be wise in the choice you make.
©Rob Cullen
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