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jackalice
jackalice

Dark Secrets (Acrostic)

#acrostic challenge Do you think that capitalism is the Answer. Well, I am undecided; Rich and poor so divided, Kept segregated, everybody Selling sub machine guns to Everyone.

18 5 48 words
Fly10
Fly10

Stop The Machine

M ore corporate lies we don't need. A nother bluff to make us bleed. C hagrined by the elite rich few. H opeless lives for me and you. I instilled in us lest we succeed. N ever ending vicious greed.

62 21 59 words
ronin67
ronin67

Loathsome

Evil fills the room, hatred at each glare, they throw lies at me without caution, such deceptive flare.

8 1 100 words
sammielee46
sammielee46

Prime Minister

The transparency of you is evident,. You are supposed to be our president,. Okay not president but our prime minister,. Some of your policies are truly sinister,. You really do not have a clue,.

38 3 178 words
Tiia
Tiia

How Much Is My Pension Gonna Pay Me?

(tune how much is that doggy in the window) How much is my pension gonna pay me. When they have chopped it away. The bankers have buggered up the system, and now we're expected to pay.

22 2 104 words
eddie12309
eddie12309

Greed Is Good?

Thatcher this is your legacy Where greed is good Where consumption is high With the price of food The eighties and nineties The birth of the label The dawn of the must haves Instead of food on the...

34 13 138 words
ALLINRHYME
ALLINRHYME

Fool's Gold

I often wondered. What it's like to be rich. Two pennies to rub together. Skint, not had a bath for a while. Scabies, that incessant itch. Fancy cars and sexy women. Lots of high class friends.

30 6 84 words
Burrfoot
Burrfoot

Price Of Milk

I have ends that never meet as I crawl along the breadline Your smug demeanour shines as you enforce another pay freeze Peter gets robbed and Paul gets paid as I rein in the purse strings You have...

24 10 202 words
Burrfoot
Burrfoot

A Better Day

Standing in line another factory day. Watching the clock for a pittance of pay. Four years of study for a second class degree. Is this my career, is this the best I can be.

38 5 120 words
karoltiler
karoltiler

Priorities

Am i the only one in the land That thinks the government is out of hand, It's cut the services to make do Does not hurt them, just me and you.

26 4 162 words
leelee101
leelee101

Don't Worry

Don't worry, Mister mister We all understand You've got all the money We're sure you've got it planned They'll be glad to leave on Friday The damned that you select With no motivation What the hell...

34 22 164 words
Yassine
Yassine

General Relativity

I want a giant LED with retina display. 216 pixels per inch is a step in the right way. Throw in a yacht that I can live in. In sin city it will only be win, win, win.

6 0 152 words
afghanacid
afghanacid

Karma

While they're making billions to share amongst their selves, Us working class are grafting hard like santas little elves. Off to work and home again, this is how we live.

22 3 81 words
ckahn
ckahn

The Poor Don't Squeak

Smoke dope Suck rope Peddle me some of your trussed up hope Faith based. In your face Oh look, here comes the Pope.

28 5 64 words
ceruleus
ceruleus

Generations

Fifty somethings in 2012.

8 0 130 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Pretty Little Girl

Hmmm not sure about this 1, but posting it anyways, lol. Enjoy.

12 0 202 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Benefits Cheats

Ah the benefits cheat Prisoner at home when the clipboard man comes. Merry-go-round of forms and re-form that they already know. Manipulate the system that strangles your soul.

6 2 114 words