crackdown

The Minister of the department
finished his caviar
was transported to the leafy suburbs
by the ministerial car

the dispatch box on the back seat
with a few things to sign
like a crackdown on benefit fraud
and welfare to decline

the stable is built and ready
a covered menage in case of rain
for the daughters latest pony
that she can't ride or train

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in the Bed and Breakfast room
that she must vacate
sits a worried pregnant girl
who will be homeless on this date

she goes to the town center
to the department store
to soak up the glorious heat
of the entrance door

she walks the aisle of plenty
the aisle of latest fashion
the store detective watches her
with a dedication and passion

they don't want her sort here
they will have to move her on
although the food will rot on site
when the customers are gone

she has no work and now no address
and therefore she can not claim
the benefits and the assistance
because she is to blame

no one is there to help her
the rules are very clear
the little that was available
will be cut again next year

she does not appear in the figures
nether claimant or at school
she has no stake in the country
that can justify being cruel

each doorway she is moved on
no one wants her near
it reflects bad on the neighborhood
at this time of year

with a rusty can she cuts deep
and in agony she died
at last she has become a statistic
of Christmas suicide