Some of those with important portfolios in the Government lacking in compassion and to me that seems a shame <br />Basking in the glory of power all they crave is their own fame <br />They only serve themselves and their families and wealthy mates and to hell with all of the rest <br />Though they tell us that for the Country they are doing their outmost best. <br /> <br />Refugees in detention centres though not found guilty of any crime <br />Many whose application for residency are unsuccessful before deportation must serve time <br />In holding pens unfit for common criminals what is done to them is wrong <br />They are Stateless and poor people and to nowhere they belong. <br /> <br />Sinned against though good and decent people and would you not agree <br />That 'tis not a crime to want a better life for yourself and for your family <br />Our Government supports those who bomb their Countries yet residency to them we will not give <br />Though they fled their Homeland in fear and they have nowhere to live. <br /> <br />Some of those with portfolios in the Government for themselves and their own only care <br />And by supporting those who create wars they cause death, suffering and despair <br />To poor people in big cities we only add to their misery <br />When we punish them for coming south and applying for shelter and residency <br /> <br />For to appease the redneck voters the Government jail and deport refugees <br />people they helped for to make Homeless and Stateless in war torn Countries overseas <br />We help for to render them Homeless and Stateless and make their Country an unsafe place in which to live <br />But when they come to us for shelter a home to them we will not give.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-of-those/
