The Politician's Poverty

wanted poverty

The politician's poverty

is slum upon the street

When bum and cart will make you roll

through city home and fleet

And shame you for the life you live

in consequence of fit

When power, vote and ignorance

will serve a man to sit

And all you seem to say to life

is that you'd be quite ill

When helpfulness and worry for

are left to mean your will

And you will lead a plan on Earth

to what a man can do

When all your votes to carry on

are not what you'd see through

Author's Note

wanted poverty