The Town's Middle Class Of Today

The children of the town's working class are the town's middle class of today
Some of them in their mid fifties in hair dye cover the aging gray
Their grandchildren play underage cricket and football and netball at the weekend they go for to watch them play
Family pride the side affects of self pride at least to me it seems this way

They are not the town's super wealthy though they live way above poverty
They never do go to bed hungry they do seem quite well off to me
They work in good jobs, drive good cars and live in good houses they are not short of anything
And quite conservative in their thinking to what they do believe in they do cling

The politicians to them do listen since their's is a huge voting block
The well to do middle class people the descendants of old working stock
Many of them in their words dismissive of the homeless and the refugees
Though most of them well educated and can boast of their uni degrees

Most of them do not vote for politicians with compassion and empathy
They vote for politicians who for the have nots  have little or no sympathy
Our politicians our reflective mirrors do tell of the people we are
For to meet one lacking in compassion one does not have to travel far

Some of the town's middle class are now aging though many of them not with much grace
With hair dyes and anti aging creams they cover the gray and wrinkles in the face
The politicians they vote for to them are like minded in empathy lacking 'twould seem
They look on people of compassion as people of low self esteem.