Space Reversal

 

Expansion – do you like it ?

I must admit I don't

More people, cars, pollution

Give me more space ? - you won't

 

In fact your space reversing

A feeling I can't bear

It makes me claustrophobic

Don't think you really care

 

Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned

And long for yesterday

When people, cars, pollution

Did not get in my way

 

Forgetting me, I worry

For those who'll follow on

Expansion, do we need it ?

Or is it all a con ?

 

Politicians call out

Expand, expand, they rant

But quality of life is

To me, more im-por-tant

 

House blocks are now minimal

Ceilings scrape your head

Where are childhood backyards ?

Disappeared – all dead

 

Immigration is the answer

Our politicians say

Bring them in in thousands

More taxes come our way

 

But here's the problem reader

More stuff produced by all

But spread 'round with more people

So no gain overall

 

Cut down on immigration

Give us more room to move

Less people, cars, pollution

Life-quality will improve

 

Don Matthews May 2018