the phone rings
it’s a survey
i actually don’t mind a survey
i guess it’s sadly validating
but
the problem is
you can only answer
in the way the survey lets you
and some surveys
are two party preferred
which is like multiple choice
but skewed.
sure, survey person,
the Greens haven’t hit the lead
yet
but that’s like saying
America hasn’t ever had
a female president
so don’t survey about
female candidates
’cause they’re a no-go.
the future’s unwritten,
survey person,
although there may be some
are trying to rig it
if this were the ’50s,
I would say
the Greens are the wife
in this state
the wife who talks to people
nicely, you know,
and tends the garden
and who keeps the kids fed
and clothed
and healthy
in such a way
that hubby (the star)
(in this state, that’s the Labor Party)
looks good and friendly
“a family man”
“for the people”.
but it’s not the ’50s,
see.
wives are out there
being stars on their own
whoever wrote these survey questions
is a control freak
pretending they get to
design
the firmament.
Out of the Cave 