A blank verse sonnet on politics.

CHOOSE YOUR CANDIDATE

The socialist avows with open gaze
Stout loyalty to all things working class;
Though children will be sent to private schools
And home will not be humble, nor the wage.

Conservative means one's averse to change
One's ancient rights of rank and privilege.
Free enterprise means free to all their friends
For right is where they stand upon their rights.

The liberal the best of both promotes;
A private school, fine house and income high:
While Independent candidates agree
That much the same suffices for them too.

Of difference 'twixt their aims there is a dearth,
Democracy has long since lost true worth.
©Petter Finne.