con men selling life insurance
knocking on doors
world war two spivs
use bleach to clean the floor

everyone in class
has put their hand up
everyone,
wants to be heard
everyone wants the moral high ground
everyone wants the final word

when sex is a currency
abuse is never far behind
those who do not know this
will never know boundaries or lines

of course
‘ban the burka’
why not…
that will change your crap job
that will make you better

you cannot deny people their voice
ah, but you can set a standard
and challenge their view
but they do not like the challenge
and therein lies the clue

at the life i lived before
it is not had the gloss coat
its not got the dinner party smooch
its not the got the dry novembers
just the memories of friends and some of hooch

capitalism, neoliberalism
the third way, thatcherism
call it what you will
ideology is what has failed people
leaving them so mentally ill