Moral Failings

This was written in April 2021, as an image of my frustration of the Australian government.

As the world moves on from COVID depression,

The globe reeling from the viral recession,

At the same time some nations are rising,

their economies growing, no health compromising

Yet I look to the country I have always called home

And there are moral problems in the politic dome

How can we ever hope for society to achieve

If our leaders give us nothing in which to believe?

 

The treatment of women is simple abhorrent

Yet the accused's behaviour don't deserve an arrest warrant

Forgery, rape, sexual assault, just a few of the alleged crimes

Even corruption isn't prime for considering hard times

There seems to be no point in forcing an investigation

It's more like to be sent for immediate cremation

The numbers are such that losing one is too many

Being without morals, one thing, out of government, plenty

 

The latest reshuffle is like putting lipstick on a pig

It does not disguise the problems on a sinking oil rig

No responsibility is taken, more rights forsaken

But when the plaudits be makin', they're there for the bacon

It does matter not if you cannot hold a hose

You must look like a leader, no matter the clothes

When your moniker includes the phrase "From Marketing,"

Every Aussie knows how deep that cut really stings

 

And to lean on your wife and kids for moral guidance

Leaves you looking bereft of empathy, like a desert island

We all know we can't have our cake and eat it too

The way you act makes many think over your head this class flew

Your colleagues are accused of acts worthy of being fired

Yet your second chances scream double standards, corporately uninspired

Businesses across the land say it's not the done thing

But your love affair with Murdoch means his song you doth sing

 

Now you are left along, swinging in the breeze

Losing men and women who think you're a sleaze

For allowing this behaviour to continue on your watch

They don't believe your inquiries, not the Cartier gold clocks

The youth members are Nazis, pushing extremist views

The further right you move, the less votes you will accrue

The party is on the nose, despite your COVID efforts

Because you pushed it to the states, they're now viewed as the experts

 

This is the time you could stand up, you could be a leader

Make an epic captain's call, get rid of all the bleeders

Carve out problematic people, stand up for what is right

Remember what made Australia, through many years of right

We have worked together as a country, a rainbow coalition,

Australian skin is every colour, from white to black in every composition

It matters not their sexual preference because they are Australian

So stand up for your country and understand the occasion.