This is a roundel. See what I mean with the names? I quite like the short, repeated refrain. Gives me a sense of bitter disbelief. Which is about right.
You didn’t vote at all, this year
A way to register disgust
With this whole system: steer well clear!
You didn’t vote.
The coalition broke your trust
Their policies strike abject fear
Into your heart, so act you must:
You didn’t vote.
Well, please excuse me if I jeer
I’m pretty sure you yelled and fussed
For social change. Did I mishear?
You didn’t vote.
Tom Juniper Poetry 