#100peoplepoems part 98: Owen

For a certain Labour leadership candidate with ties to Pfizer.

I’m a normal man

With a normal life

And my normal kids

And my normal wife
I get paid a lot

By a pharma giant 

And the monthly cheques

Keep me quite compliant.
I’ve a normal house

On a normal street 

And normal shoes 

On my normal feet
I’m not gay and female

I’m not too old

I’m a normal man

Doing as I’m told
In a normal car

At a normal speed 

With my normal pride

And my normal greed 
I’m a normal man

And I spell distress

For the welfare state

And the NHS
I’m a normal man

With a normal wife.

You can say goodbye

To your normal life.