Can of words - Poetry

BOXES

PRETTY LITTLE BOXES, WE’RE IN BOXES ALL OF US

DEPENDS WHO YOU ARE IF YOU ARE IN THE BOX OF PLUS

BOXES FOR ALL OCCASIONS BOXES FOR YOUR SOCIAL GRADE

BOXES EVEN IN RELIGION OF BOXES WE ARE MADE

AND WE ARE NOT AUSTRALIAN YOU NEVER LOOSE YOUR BIRTH

IF NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA BOX WATCH OUT YOU HAVE NO WORTH

IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY WHAT BOX DO YOU FIT IN

THE MINORITY NO WORTH BOX IS WHERE YOU GO THIS MINORITY BOX WITHIN

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT BOX HOLDS VIOLENCE HUMILIATION BUT FOR SOME NEARLY EVERYTHING

UNTIL YOU BECOME A PARENT THEN THE BOX MARKED FOR EXPLOITING

THEN THE BOX MARKED FOR MAN HAS A LARGE NUMBER ONE

IN AUSTRALIA ONLY MEN RULED OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS SINCE FEDERATION 1901

AND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A MAN

OUR WOMEN BOX HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECOND IN DEMAND

THEN THERE’S THE BOXES OF RELIGION WHAT’S OUR FLAVOUR OF THE DAY

WATCH OUT IF SOMEONE DECIDES THAT IN OUR RELIGIOUS BOX GODS LOVE HAS GONE AWAY

THEN THE BOXES OF EDUCATION WITHIN THEIR HARSH GRADE

IF YOU DIDN’T ATTEND THE RIGHT SCHOOL BOX THEN YOU HAVEN’T GOT IT MADE

THE BOX OF PUBLIC SERVANTS MARKS THE BOX OF SUPERIORITY

WATCH OUT IF YOUR BOX DEPENDS ON THEM YOUR BOX IS MARKED INFERIORITY

THE BOX OF UNIONS HAS POWER IN AND UP YOUR SLEEVE

IF YOU’RE IN THE BOX OF NO WORK THEN FOR UNIONS THIS BOX DOES NOT BELIEVE

THEN THE BOX OF ALL OUR CHILDREN IS MARKED SPECIAL WITHIN

THIS BOX FOR OUR CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA WAS FOR DISCRIMINATION AND DENIGRATING

THEN THERE’S THE BOX OF JUSTICE THIS BOX FOR QUALIFIED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

BE CAREFUL OTHER BOXES BE SUBSERVIENT OR YOUR FREEDOM THEY MAY CEASE

WITH ALL THESE BOXES MARKED WITH COLOUR WHAT BOX COLOUR GRADE ARE YOU

MAYBE WE SHOULD GET BOXES TOGETHER BOUND WITH GOS’S LOVE WHAT A LOVELY RAINBOW HUE

SO AS ADULTS IN POWER BOXES LET’S BUILD ONE BIG BOX WITH THIS INTEGRITY

CAUSE AS A COUNTRY DIVIDED IN BOXES WE CANNOT GROW IN OUR ECONOMY

BY UTILIZING ALL OUR BOXES WE WILL GROW IN OUR NATIONS PROSPERITY

TO GET OUR DIVIDED NATION’S BOXES TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY

PRODIGY

THEY USE OUR CHILDREN FOR POLITICAL GAIN

IT’S ON CHILDREN POLITICIANS INFLICT SUCH PAIN

BY THE SLANDER ON PARENTS AND THE CHILD’S GOOD NAME

DON’T THE REALIZE THE CHILD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

ARE THEY DRIVING OUR CHILDREN INSANE

HOW CAN THIS CHILD HOLD ITS HEAD UP HIGH

THEY BREAK THEIR SPIRITS THEY CANNOT FLY

HOW LONG AUSTRALIA DO OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO CRY

HOW DO THESE POLITICIANS JUSTIFY

THE CRUSHING OF A SMALL SOUL – THEY TAKE AWAY THEIR WORTH

WHEN THEY SLANDER THE PARENTS THAT GAVE THAT CHILD BIRTH

COME ON AUSTRALIA THE CHILD CAN NEVER WIN

WHAT POLITICIANS DO TO OUR CHILDREN IS THEIR GREATEST SIN

THIS IS BENEATH A CHILD’S DIGNITY

WE ALL MISS OUT – THEY ARE OUR PRODIGY

IS IT PARENTS THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE

OR IS IT THE CHILDREN THEY ERADICATE

IT’S OUR CHILDREN IN THIS SORROW WEB

WHILE THEY WATCH THEIR DIGNITY FADE AND EBB

WHERE IS THE FREEDOM OUR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT

ISN’T IT A FREE AUSTRALIAN – THAT’S WHAT I HAD THOUGHT

SO FREEDOM FOR CHILDREN LET’S STAY ON THE RIGHT TRACK

AND TELL THE POLITICIANS TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN BACK

JUST LISTEN TO WHAT HELP PARENTS MAY NEED

AND THAT’S THE ONLY LEGISLATION THAT SHOULD EVER SUCCEED