Luxuries! (A rhyme written in response to the vote by the House of Commons to block plans to extend free school meals for the most vulnerable children in society)

 


"Luxuries! Luxuries!

We must have responsibility!"

cries the MP from the comfort of his salary

and lunch subsidy.

"Avoid nationalisation!

Let's have rationalisation for

the joy of privatisation

is the freedom to choose.

Heat or food?

Clothes or light?

It's about liberation

in the ongoing fight

to unshackle the people

and allow them to decide!

Emergency dinners is

fiscal suicide.

We need every penny

to keep our bombs primed

and ready to use

if we are inclined.

We must honour our contracts

and look after our friends

We must keep in their favour

(Our retirement depends

on the offer of seats

on a top business board

Earning more money

as we head to the Lords).

So, let us be honest -

we're in this together

And the decisions ahead

are a question of whether

we avoid the tough actions

fiscal prudence demands.

Free dinners are wasteful -

you must understand.

And now the debate

and the vote has been won,

we're off for a meal

Subsidy anyone?"

Luxuries! Luxuries!

We must have responsibility!

Simon Wright
22.10.2020




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