Useless Parenting

Fleischhack, J "Wish you did more, Dad". 2018

prams here

prams there

getting knocked up without a care

a baby isn't a joke

it's a potential beautiful soul

funny isn't it whilst you

spend most of your time

giving your cigs a toke

whilst on the dole

getting pissed up midday

yet your kids drink tap water

you aren't caring what they say

just pushing your pram around the block

shouting abuse to passers by

tell me why you live like this

what where your parents like

did they do the same with you

do you have an excuse

or is this just the life you choose?

your kids deserve a happy life

"Crewe Town Centre"

not to grow uneducated, cruel and nasty

only being able to afford to feed them

 a greggs 80p pasty

drinking in spoons with the pram pushed aside

i wonder why the government allow this disgrace

they said

'alcohol is fine'

and so they lied

desperate old men checking me out

in every eye-line

lost there loved one in a drunken rage

no sympathy for this guy

why you looking at me like that?

do you want a shag?

get out the pub you old scruff

go read a porn mag

are you just alone

do you need attention?

stop drinking ale

go find a woman your own age to give your name a mention

so put the drink down

teach your kids how to smile

you know for them it's probably been a while