Poetry from the Creek: Conundrum

It might be something new like a novel view of

restrictions advised about whom’ll benefit; oh,

that sort of conundrum eh, but then, obviously

not us - or we’d be into it quicker than snakes

slithering on grass; the dilemma’s always who

gains th’ most from the least outlay and this is

way up its alley - applying for an age pension

only made sense of you had nothing saved

And yet without making waves and being true

to belief your Country will look after you in old

age; meaning you raised kids, paid taxes and

all that good citizen stuff, be ready for what is

plagiarised behind plausibility; our Godzone’s

having difficulty collecting sufficient revenue

Tho’ it doesn’t apply to the Politicians; seems

their benefits are way out of proportion to the

real cost of living; so if you diligently paid into

a superannuation fund for your old age, don’t

expect pension adjustments will make sense;

the balance’s already too politically bent

Poetry from the Creek