They Don’t Care

  

 

They don’t care

Hence, the growing apathy,

Government after government

Regardless of party.

 

They don’t care

Hence, the colossal waste,

HOPE, a project of hopelessness:

What a disgrace!

 

An Auditor General

Without any teeth,

Year after year his candid report

Ignored by the chief.

 

Made light of

Like the Czar in COVID-19,

Who we almost did not recognize

Had left the scene.

 

One day he was

The next day he was not

And not a single explanation

Had we got.

 

 

 

They don’t care

When we complain

And the excuses they give to us

Are rather lame.

 

They can’t cut VAT

But they will raise salaries

So, the merchants can raise prices

And cause more misery.

 

Guns are increasing

And so too, homicides

But they do not care, I tell you,

Whatever betide.

 

Promises, promises!

Sounds like they care?

Just remember who governed

These seven years.

 

Seven and a half

And two slaps in the face

By calling two snap elections:

What a disgrace!

 

 

 

That they don’t care

Is exceeding clear to see,

I pray they won’t be another 30-0,

Lord, let it not be.

 

They just don’t care

After a year or so

And severe misery and neglect

Is all we can show.

 

Stewart Russell © February 3, 2026