New <br />New deal days <br />Bang <br />Bang <br />Banging away with your wife <br />Money soaked <br />In innocent blood <br />Stains your breath <br />Suppressed <br />Alcohol stained pillow case <br />A way of life <br />What is the cost <br />The cost of living <br />Silenced child <br />Bares the brunt <br />And through your paper curtains <br />The world hidden <br />Hidden behind headlines <br />Hock <br />Hock it up <br />The phlegm of your annoyance <br />You step into the open <br />Open world <br />Open mind <br />Same difference <br />None of them yours <br />Is <br />This <br />How <br />You <br />See your future <br />No fire <br />Extinguished <br />Prospects dampened <br />Watered <br />Washed out <br />By the dream killer <br />Social security <br />Department <br />Of <br />Work and <br />Pensioners <br />Die young <br />They give <br />And give up <br />Government dictates <br />They decide <br />Decide your future <br />You are in their power <br />You will sign <br />Sign away your life <br />A paper based career <br />Time will pass <br />Tick <br />Tock <br />Tick <br />King slowly to make you suffer <br />Teach you a lesson <br />HOW <br />DARE <br />YOU <br />BE <br />POOR <br />Be a slave <br />Your fortune <br />Fortune cookie <br />Crumbles <br />To the floor <br />Crumbs on the floor <br />You must sweep <br />That is your destiny <br />Cleaner, scrubber <br />Road sweeper <br />Toilet supervisor <br />Manage toilets <br />Alcohol stained money <br />Down your neck <br />Up again <br />It comes <br />As you hug <br />Hug the toilet <br />The toilets you manage <br />What a future <br /> <br />© Pamela A.C. James-Blackwood 2006<br /><br />Pamela James Blackwood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/benefit-screw-up/
