When the most of the politicians talk of the battlers vote how cynical they be <br />For a battler is poor person or so 'twould seem to me <br />And why should a poor fellow who wears an op shop coat <br />Be bothered on election day to spare the time to vote. <br /> <br />When most politicians talk of the battlers plight they don't mean what they say <br />For they only meet the battler once before election day <br />And another three to four years will go by till him again they see <br />And battler is steps down from them at foot of social tree. <br /> <br />When most politicians talk of the battlers lot they play the vote catching game <br />But there's a few on the battlers side all politicians not the same <br />Though the politicians genuinely on the battlers side are few and far between <br />And far too many Parliamentarians known for saying what they don't mean. <br /> <br />The battler's status will not change whether he vote or not <br />And why should he care who win or lose when his will be the same lot <br />The apathy amongst the battling kind not too hard to explain <br />Why should they care who win or lose if for them there's no <br />gain. <br /> <br />The politician near election day may shake the battler's hand <br />And promise him a better life and vow that he will stand <br />Behind the promise he has made but battler too well know <br />That it won't matter much to him how the election go.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-most-politicians-talk/
