Good or Bad
6 million for a John Lewis advert
400 million for a Scottish Parliament
1 thousand for a top club’s season ticket
2 thousand to join a golf club
Petrol 1 pound 20 a litre
Food thrown away by supermarkets
Everybody has to have the latest model
We’re all fools rushing in
Let’s socially network with thousands
6 hundred on a party frock
2 hundred on a pair of shoes with a label
Everybody’s happy if you are happy
What about the starving in Africa?
Stray dogs, abandoned pets
Those sitting in their chair without a friend
The unemployed, the ill, the imprisoned
Those without self esteem, the bullied
Children without parents
Parents who’ve lost children
Those praying for life
Those praying for death
Life is about sadness and happiness
Which side of the fence are you at?
I’d rather be happy and poor
Than wealthy and sad
Society has a lot to answer for
Let’s go back in time
Let’s be a community again
Let’s care for each other
Let’s kick this credit based society
Into touch
I wrote this poem in Early May 2010 purely because I coudn't believe that £6 million had been spent on an advert for John Lewis super store when there are people starving in the world! The poem developed from there on the theme of money being wasted and people just caring for themselves at the expense of others in modern society. My favourite lines are 8 and 12.
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