Poem 6: Ford Rant

When we are all talking politics and sharing our views

The great big orange menace is the person that hogs all the news

He hates all reporters unless they work for Fox

Is there anywhere I can go for a Donald detox?

So I turned off CNN to get my life in some kind of order

To look at events at home, north of Trump’s border

I checked out what was happening in Ontario and then I started to groan

The Premier in Ontario could be a Donald Trump Clone

Not for his looks but the way he is playing his political game

If you don’t know him by now, Doug Ford is his name

Power has gone to his head, he’s running the show

How he got elected? God only knows

Back to Trump who hates his character on SNL that they portray

Ford reminds me of “Matt Foley” a character that Chris Farley used to play

These two guys come from privileged families and don’t have a clue

Ford hasn’t served long but we can’t wait to bid him adieu

So now back to Ontario and listen to the plans Ford is trying to pass

This is after he has changed the curriculum for Sex Education class

Sticking it to our teachers is the bone of his contention

I think it’s payback for all those hours he spent in detention

He doesn’t give an aura of being that smart or being too keen

Me thinks his education was special, if you know what I mean

He wants to increase the size in each provincial class

I thinking he’s been smoking too much of our new legal grass

He has no idea of the burden that teachers now face

Now they want to crowd more students in this small space?

Have you looked at statistics to see what they’ve shown?

One educator can’t teach that many students all on their own

Teaching is a profession that must be respected

If your plan is implemented, more children will be neglected

Classes now are mixed with kids that have special needs

Each of them learning at all different speeds

No one person can handle this task, it’s just too demanding

All children need help, hope and more understanding

Take time to listen to them and show them we care

These children are our future that we have to share

So instead of cutting off funds, make an investment

Check all the facts and do your assessment

Having children that thrive in class will prosper and grow

They’ll be things they want to learn and want to know

More children will graduate and be college bound

Enter the work force and in turn will astound

But if you take the road you are considering please be aware

More teenagers will walk out because they just didn’t get the care

You want them to go online and learn a course?

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse

Students who have trouble learning in class won’t attain that final goal

We will have more high school dropouts and sadly more on parole

We need a new Premier that values education and can deliver

Let Doug Ford, like Matt Foley, live in his van down by the river