They are not like us,
their values are different
they even think different
the poor.

I'ts not that I have anything against them
more like nothing in common with them,
they look so untidy, unwashed, do they bathe?
cheap bargain basement clothes,
their children fat and bloated on garbage food.

A wise man once said
that the poor will always be with us,
but can't they be more discreet and
just hide away at Christmas Time,
they upset my children.

It's not that I am thoughtless,
each year at this time
if I have some spare change
I put it in the Charity Box and
Oxfam get my twenty quid
every year, without fail.

But I am busy, busy, busy
in the Real World,
My World,
It;s not that I don't care
but can't someone  just take the poor away
at Christmas Time.