CANADIAN SENATE ... FEB 15TH, 2013

CANADIAN SENATE … FEB 15^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our Canadian Senate stuck us with Mulroney’s GST,

Senators not elected seem to be lazy appointees,

Something is wrong that apparently can’t be made right,

But the Americans can vote for their senators to their delight.

Canadian appointees can stay till they are seventy-five,

Nobody knows for sure what they do except maybe connive,

So the prime minister should be told to appoint no more,

It will be empty when the last senator goes out the door.

And this way, we don’t have to abolish their useless Senate place,

And those who get excited or worked up, can be told right to their face,

The place is empty because no one can remember what they did,

And we the people recognize that it was secret and sordid.

FEB 15^TH, 2013

ENNIS

ENNIS   July 8^th, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Ennis will forever be enshrined in my mind,

A small mark on the map from another place and time,

Memories dimmed by many years as though cut with a knife,

First seventeen years of love and laughter in my life,

In a town bowed down by poverty struggling to survive,

Back lanes of half-door houses waiting someone to arrive.

Narrow winding streets full of friends and farmers’ horses,

Pompous priests dressed in black who always walked on water,

And girls in long green dresses that came down below their knees,

Moving past on bicycles; boys waiting for a breeze,

And cows moving slowly herded down towards the water,

Where their blood will fill the Fergus from the houses of slaughter.

And the Christian Brothers School where Brother Brien taught,

No such thing as freedom, especially freedom of thought,

We learned everything in Gaelic in the very ancient script,

Letters from the Book of Kells or some ancient warrior’s crypt,

Where are the guys I knew so well; stole by emigration?

Or shied from skirts that only hurt and joined some congregation.

And now the town is filled with cars and strangers wall to wall,

A noisy rush of foreigners in a one-way traffic crawl,

And people don’t have time to talk or gossip half the day,

They’re in a hurry, got to scurry, got to make their pay,

And traffic lights and tourist types looking out from buses,

The madness of these modern times; I wonder “bout the pluses.”

July 8^th, 2012

THE CULTURE OF SECRECY ... FEB 12TH, 2013

THE CULTURE OF SECRECY  … FEB 12^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The culture of secrecy would put the Mafia to shame,

Dressed in effeminate style vestments where no one takes the blame,

Where the sex scandal of pedophile priests is never discussed,

Because it might interfere with the overwhelming trust.

Because the question remains; whether or not they’ve all been caught?

Or is this all one well and eternally delayed, hidden plot?

And those billion-dollar lawsuits are all paid with parish cash,

Because the faithful are faithful and there is no parish backlash.

And Pope Ratzinger just retired because he couldn’t take the heat,

Cardinals will soon elect one of their own to take his seat,

But still no one has figured out how many pedophiles were hidden,

Pompous criminal priests whose sins were probably forgiven.

Feb 12^th, 2013

CHURCH SCANDAL ... FEB 11TH, 2013

CHURCH SCANDAL   … Feb 11^th, 2013

By

James Bredin

This pedophile-priest scandal is bigger than we thought,

Because they say that many of these criminals were never caught,

I don’t think I ever met a pedophile priest in my life,

And if I did; what should I do and should I tell my wife?

Where do they hang out and do they still wear Roman collars?

How much are they paid by the church in Euros or dollars?

Did they get sent to another quiet parish to be hidden far away?

Is this science fiction or to hide that they are pedophile and gay?

Martin Luther tried to fix a church problem with his reformation,

But the church didn’t like it one bit and called it damnation,

The cardinals are going to meet to elect a new pope soon,

Someone else from their secretive hierarchy commune.

Feb 11^th, 2013

MESSAGE TO POPE RATZINGER ... FEB 9TH, 2013

MESSAGE TO POPE RATZINGER  … FEB 9^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

It’s become painfully evident that women should be priests,

Of course, I realize that this is not in ecclesiastic briefs,

But the writing has been on the wall for a long time,

And allow priests to get married so it’s not a canon-law crime.

Follow my instructions in order to get clear of the scandal,

And appoint some women cardinals so that popes can’t mishandle,

I realize that popes don’t take advice from the ground floor,

But your cardinals are all locked in for life behind their closed door.

I doubt if anyone will pass along this information to you,

Can’t get through that wall of cardinals in red with their views,

So I’ll sit here and read again what St Malachy wrote,

Just remember I’m trying to help you, keep your church afloat.

Feb 9^th, 2013

RECALL ... FEB 7TH, 2013

RECALL   … FEB 7^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Canadian politicians like all politicians dread recall,

That’s why it’s not allowed in Canada or even City Hall,

So how do we get rid of useless drunken politicians?

Because none of them will allow recall under any conditions.

So a system of recall should be inaugurated now,

But our party-bound politicians will refuse and disallow,

And it’s even worse in the Senate where they were not elected,

Appointed by the prime minister and secretly selected.

So Canada needs a new Constitution and the sooner the better,

No more political appointees so fire them all with a letter,

Where recall is allowed and everyone up there is elected,

Admit it and fix it – improve it so that we are protected.

Feb 7^th, 2013

LEGAL SYSTEM ... FEB 6TH, 2013

LEGAL SYSTEM   … FEB 6^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Propositions are forbidden and binding referendums too,

No one has ever heard of a Canadian judicial review,

Death-with-dignity is forbidden but not abortion clinics,

Killing unborn babies is legal for our odd academics.

The Supreme Court denied Sue Rodriguez death-with-dignity,

She could die in pain and they could or would show no sympathy,

No one can remember if or when we had a plebiscite,

And all political party members think this is quite exquisite.

Proportional representation is overlooked and denied,

And this is not supposed to hurt our dignity and pride,

They say we have set-date elections but no one knows when,

Those who are interested may have to go back and ask again.

Feb 6^th, 2013