THINGS WE CONSIDER ESSENTIAL ~ BUT WE DONT REALLY NEED !
If you did not have a CAR
You could still WALK
If you did not have PHONE
You could still TALK
If you did not have a BATTER
Then the CRICKET would not matter
And you could still eat all your GREENS
Without a FORK !
You could have a great big TELLY
Without VISION
We could all live without CRIME
And without PRISON
Without DARK we*d just have LIGHT
Without LIGHT we*d just have NIGHT
An if we tried we could eat CAKES
That have not RISEN !
If we did not have CARTOONS
We*d all be FUNNY
And we*d probably be more EQUAL
Without MONEY
We could live without COMPUTERS
DICTATORS ~ PERSECUTORS
And our lives would still be SWEET
Without our HONEY !
But Im trying to make sure
No one FORGETS
That we really needed
MIGHTY SUFFRAGETTES*
If they did not raise their VOICES
Most of us would have no CHOICES
And I think that we*d have many
DEEP REGRETS !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ love A & B 🧡🧡🧡
In this POEM Benjamin is highlighting many things we consider
essential (cars ~ telephones ~ sports gear ~ TV) but in essence
we don*t really need. He also mentions People like DICTATORS
& PERSECUTORS who make our lives a misery ! But there are also
essential People REFORMERS like the SUFFRAGETTES who over 100
Years ago campaigned for *VOTES FOR WOMEN* in the UK and now
we have had two Female Prime Ministers. Benjamin is a very famous
UK Poet who speaks out against all forms of SOCIAL INJUSTICE !
He is a Performance Poet so his poetry has great RHYME & RHYTHM
The Rhyme Pattern in this Poem is interesting & consistent throughout
all four verses ! x a x a b b x a x indicates a non-rhyming line ~ and
a & b lines which rhyme. This is standard way to write Rhyme Patterns.