Thursday, May 15, 2014

701 : A Bleak Future

Three Word Wednesday requires participants
to use the three words of the week in a composition.
The words this week were: absurd, groan and weak.

A Bleak Future

It’s madness.
A policy absurd.
A fascist dream.
One pretty dumb;
To think the poor
Can live on less,
And less,
And less,
Infinitum.
Most bleak—
The old,
The poor,
The sick
The weak,
Transgress
The party purist’s view;
Are chastised 
If a groan is heard;
Knuckle down,
Just make do,
Get by,
Struggle,
And survive,
Or try,
While blessed
With leaders who are,
Inter alia,
Fools
And cruel
And lowly bred
Genitalia.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2014
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17 comments:

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    1. Our conservatives do idolise the US right.

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  2. Tis a bleak future for the poor, the sick ,and the vulnerable indeed. Yes, they are a bunch of cruel barbaric pricks!

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    1. Ironic perhaps for a group that don't seem too sharp? What purpose is there is trashing the joint?

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  3. Poverty is no crime; it's just damned inconvenient.

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    1. And the cardboard boxes cold and uncomfortable.

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  4. politicians always try to cut back but we have to speak up for those tread upon

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  5. Irate, of Burwood.May 16, 2014

    Fundamentalist economics - we are just numbers. Quite frankly, they lack the moral decency needed to be pricks.

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  6. In a spirit of gender equality, the Government has a different genitalia description for the Opposition: View short video

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    1. That place gives kindergartens a bad name.

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    2. Miss Caldicott, (Cosmo's kindergarten teacher)May 16, 2014

      A grubby thing to do.

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  7. Tell us what you really think of them. This made me grin.

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  8. Sadly the antics of our parliamentarians can only be curbed by the voting box. They think they have achieved an untouchable status. Sadly we do not control them as they govern only for themselves. It is almost time for revolution!

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  9. AnonymousMay 16, 2014

    What a punchy offering. I am in no doubt as to what you think of the budget with this one.
    Lets remember it has not passed in to law in both houses yet. Hold your passion and energy for the fights we can fight.

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  10. AnonymousJune 01, 2014

    You hit the nail on the head here. I am totally in step.

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