Politics or poli-tricks It's on everybody's lips Who's who on social media And who can deliver Those long-awaited general election promises That you only hear once every 5 years Like a stuck record On those sweet politicians' lips Shoddy road works, basic utilities, raging food prices All fall on deaf ears to be entertained with local poli-tricks And you never can tell when you're getting the short end of the stick It's only when you put the ‘x' Then you get vex Making you see that the fanatic support was all for naught Because you were sadly bought with empty big talk Warring sides boasting about manifestos and deliverables When corruption rages like a wild bush fire Eating up the small man taxpaying dollar Where has the money gone? Have everyone in a quandary To try and find out these Officials' level of squandering No beds in hospitals, no jobs for graduates Poor people suffering Whilst them Ministers rising Higher and higher up the income-earning ladder Forgetting who selected, supported and elected them The news headlines blaring about whose pockets filling And contracts awarding to family members and those paying top dollar A vicious never ending cycle with every term served More like service to themselves Can you tell me is this what a countryman deserves? Well from schooldays to now They teach me from 18 years of age to exercise my franchise But I get weary Watching and waiting for new cast members to emerge To take up a difference-making role From a bald head to a full hair of head to bald head again A continuous circle I see with little to no gain After years of yeoman service of nothing to show but pain