ARE WE
FALLING SHORT? AUG 10TH,
2012
BY
A provincial
premier should be appointed prime minister each year,
Because we
don’t vote for our prime minister by name right here,
We vote for
someone in his party and sometimes we’re not sure,
Because the
party system can sometimes be very obscure.
Or in order
to elect a prime minister, we should see his name,
On a special
ballot because this is a serious game,
And the religion-like
party system should be rearranged,
For
individuals – not parties – and not considered strange.
I realize of
course that this idea will be shot down,
Appointed
high aristocrats want to keep their dressing gowns,
Proportional
representation and binding referendums please,
Because the
way things are now; it’s the parties they appease.
They say
that the Senate is a place of sober second thought,
Where
unknown establishment appointees are never distraught,
Did I
mention we need an elected Senate and High Court?
Because
under our present system we seem to fall short.
AUG 10TH,
2012
