The Walrus & the Rat.

The time has come
the Walrus said
to speak of many things,

of GST and refugees
of which the Rodent sings.

of children thrown overboard
and hidden WMD,

of fear of change, & fear of all
who come across the sea.

We need to talk of interest rates,
of bribing mothers for their votes

of governments who take your sons
away in armed boats,

of a promise to the country
of no more troops into Iraq

then when the rat is voted back
the ships all disembark.

Of military governments
who silence those who speak

of poor medical & dental care
and people sleeping in the street.

Of glorifying veterans
of massacres they "won'.

of glossy propagandering
to con more of our young.

Of pulling out the funding
from universities,

of forcing the disabled
out to search for vacancies.

Of a future with the certainty
of working till you drop,

of breeding up automatons
to only work and shop.

Where thinking and creating
are stifled till they're crushed,

and a time when Planet Earth
is just a dried up ball of dust.