ramblings and things
That's Poverty
Thats Poverty:
When you work for a week
And your hourly pay rate
Is so abysmally low it's
Topped up by the state,
And you run out of money
With the week only just begun
And you’re classed as a scrounger
By the intellectuals of The Sun,
And you have to make the choice
Sometimes to eat or heat
And luxury would be
A weekly taste of meat.
Clothed courtesy of charity shop
And you try to keep your pride,
Try to hold your head up high
Though you’re crying down inside.
Welcome to modern Britain
Home of the brave and the free,
The millionaire cheating banker
And those condemned to poverty.
Where members of parliament
Supposedly rule in your name
While routinely submitting
Their dodgy expenses claim.
Welcome to modern Britain
Where those poor and in need
Are castigated and punished
To subsidise the wealthy’s greed.
Thats Poverty.
That`s Poverty