Pollie Ticks
Poem by Iris Carden
the pollies are ticking tick tick tick money from big business tick tick tick listen to lobbyists tick tick tick ignore the climate tick tick tick flood, fires and more flood tick tick tick scapegoat the vulnerable tick tick tick create fake issues tick tick tick cruelty to refugees tick tick tick ignore indigenous tick tick tick ignore all women tick tick tick assault accusations tick tick tick living cost rising tick tick tick too slow with vaccines tick tick tick weird publicity stunts tick tick tick PM makes a curry tick tick tick blame previous government tick tick tick welfare for the rich tick tick tick condemning the poor tick tick tick economy comes first tick tick tick so humans come last tick tick tick politics as usual tick tick tick the devil you know tick tick BOOM!
At the recent (dare I say “explosive”) federal election Australian politics “blew up” while we do have a majority government, it’s a slim majority. The opposition has been reduced by a large amount. The crossbench has grown remarkably. Australians are fed up with politics as usual.
Iris Carden, Author 
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