Oh dear, look over there
It’s very clear, even from here
Plump young mum, another on the way
Buggy-shoving through a brand-new day
Can’t you tell, even at a glance
Little Errol stands littler chance
Tied securely in his prison pram
Tired, exhausted, silent as a lamb
His cream cake crumbles on Greggs shop floor
Mam chats and smokes outside the door
Sister Cheryl runs wildly about
Ignoring Mam’s frantic shout
Non-working class; must it be like this?
Mired in a morass; existence no bliss
Minx Cheryl and timorous young Errol Smith
One in Mam’s tummy will be the fifth
Social workers don’t know what to do
Politicians haven’t even a clue
Proudly espousing ‘each child counts’
We’re investing money, look at the amounts!
But cash alone is not the solution
What we need is a revolution
Where families learn of a better way
To break the cycle of social decay
Where then the collective conscience?
For lives lived, but of no consequence
A tragic, doomed, wasted group
Class-locked in an endless repeating loop
Dang… this is on point! Lovely poem 😊👍
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