Pensions - a poem

WHO WILL BURY THE PENSIONERS?

Old people beaten up for their cash

You wonder how they could have any on a pension

but that generation survived The Depression

they’re used to looking after the pennies

And the pounds that looked after themselves

they bury under the mattress or at the back of the shelves

baiting thieves because the government will cut their payments

if they show savings for more than a kitchen tap washer

but how else can they be buried

© Lizz Murphy