From all the candidates I've seen,

the red, the blue, the black, the green;

they send their flyers round the land

and hope the voters understand.

We duly read what's written there

and then the policies compare.

Who said that they'll tweak GST?

Who wants our schooling to be free?

Who wants more doctors everywhere

to show that Health Boards really care?

So many promises they make

but here's one tax that takes the cake.

If water levies have to rise

up goes the price of what one buys.

All food from farm or factory floor

will spiral upward more and more.

I do not buy real butter now,

I'm too ashamed to face a cow!

From market garden, orchard too,

the produce that's so good for you –

when prices rise at local gate

means even less upon each plate.

The future's looking rather grim;

we'll starve to death, but we'll die slim!

J Marks, Greerton.