Party politics

I wrote this poem out of total frustration about the politics currently in the UK.  I was trying to imagine myself as a young voter, voting for the first time.

Party politics

I’m in a total quandary

as to how I ought to vote.

Do I follow the mainstream spiel,

or let my ballot float ?

There’s a plethora to choose from,

from blue to red to green.

Yellow is now blue’s best friend,

and red is in between.

Then, of course, there’s all the wings

and all the wets as well.

Left of centre has me stumped.

Does Liberal ring a bell?

UKIP’s now come out to play,

they think they’ve got a chance.

The Unionists just stick around,

Plaid Cymru takes their stance.

Independents stand for what is right,

but we need to know what is wrong.

The Monster Raving Loonies say,

goodbye, farewell, so long!

The Scottish Independent folk

want to change the union flag.

Whether in or out, we just don’t know,

as the cat’s not out of the bag.

Respect, they say they are socialist,

the Marxists disagree.

The Pirate party just bobs along,

as everyone’s out at sea.

Whether it’s in or out, or left or right,

nothing seems to fit.

I’m heading to a darkened room,

as my head’s about to split!!!

 Written by: Teresa Harrison-Best

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Teresa H-B

Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.

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