Lifestyle Choices by Thraves Thraveson
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Lifestyle Choices Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2006
Song of the professionally unemployed
I’ll choose the easy life
No hard work for me
I’ll not slave for forty years
To raise a family
My parents paid for everything
The state will now provide
Unless I find a wealthy girl
Who I can make my bride
My children, numerous as I like
Will live in luxury
Supported by the benefit
Not a penny comes from me
I’ll steal and lie and cheat and rob
To get my hands on cash
And spend it all on drink and drugs
And never keep a stash
When I am old and weak and ill
In trouble with my vision
I’ll complain the state has let me down
And failed in it’s provision
‘Cause I’m a child of the welfare state
No need to work or save
I’ll do nothing all my life
The modern kind of slave
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That title...
I appreciate the fluency of this Joe, but with a son who is suffering the effects of unemployment - and I do mean suffering - I could wish the poem had a title that did not tar everyone with the same brush. Rob
Wilfully Unemployed
Thanks for your comment Rob, I would like to stress that this wasn't a comment on the majority of people who find themselves unemployed, but on those who make it a life choice sit at home, or indulge in unlawful activities while claiming unemployment benefit paid for by the vast majority of us who work for a living. If you can think of a better title that reflects this I would be pleased to change it.
This does seem an improvement
This does seem an improvement to me - pinpointing nicely the group who are the target of a just satire! Rob