Election Time

I am a constituent and I try when I can

To visit the ballot box, exercising my vote.

Together we elect a representative of the community

But this constituent is starting to float.

I am part of the electorate and I try when I may

Enfranchised with others to send them to Public office.

But should go right or lean to the left

Or abstain and just cut my losses?

I am a cog in a wheel and I try when I must

To do justice to the suffrage sisters.

But cometh the hour, cometh the man

For somehow we still over-elect the Misters.

I am an elector and I try when the time comes

To do my duty and cast the paper incognito

But all of the colours and all of the shades

Make me wish I had power of veto.

By Linda Prince

 

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