Daceyville

Just up the road from me at Daceyville
Apparently is Australia's first public housing
Proper public housing-built to end slums
I walk up to the newly reopened tram line
Past the remarkable pleasant ornate cottages
And reflect that our leaders would never
Never ever ever attempt to reduce poverty
The way those people tried to do back then
Apparently the ANZACS were a part of it:
They got back from hell and demanded a fix
To poverty and slums and hunger and, well, shit
'What did we go and fight and die for?' they asked
I suppose they thought an unequal society unfair
Our laughable leaders now scarcely pause to think
They're too busy scheming moneymakes for the rich
Do we need more terrifying wars to right things?
Are people in parliaments so corrupt? So stupid?
Why on Earth do we still vote for these cowards?
At least Daceyville still exists-for the time being
Reminding us there's possible hope for the future
The far, far distant future, I'm saddened to report