Election Night Nana

• Election Night Nana

Election Night Nana

Nana says, Nana says
We vote for our abusers
Because it feels familiar
Because it feels like
They won't do it this time

Nana hurls, Nana hurls
A shoe at the television
What about the kids?
Talk about doom a generation!
We are running out of time

Ooh, look at them there
In blood stepped so far, and
Reloading their thoughts and prayers

Nana shouts, Nana shouts
Wipe the smug off your faces
What about your prisons?
What about the stolen generations?
Will nothing ever change?

Ooh, just look at them there
In blood stepped so far, and
Reloading their thoughts and prayers

Nana paces, Nana paces
The people in this country!
A nation of stupid
Think more about the football
Than they do about the future!
I came here with nothing
But a suitcase and nightmares
The people get to sleep here
But no-one dares to dream

Nana says, Nana says
We vote for our abusers
The lines on the graph
And those shapes on the map
Are all our secret traumas
There's always four year's time

Ooh, just look at them there
In blood stepped so far, and
Reloading their thoughts and prayers

© Brendan Bonsack
July 2021

1. Porch Light
2. Three Horn Face
3. Tide
4. Tracing
5. Stegosaurus
6. Old Lovers Lane
7. Election Night Nana
8. Light Pollution

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