What if seniors were in charge?

I write poetry as well as commentary, and penned this for my older friends who remember a time when Ottawa politics was much more civilized. Could we bring reasonable discourse back to Ottawa? 

If elders ran things what a world we’d enjoy,

More for the poor and less for the hoi polloi.

Respect and collaborate with political foes,

And see how much better politics goes.

Wise policies, not personal attacks

Absolute equality for indigenous and blacks.

A Canada returned to good manners and politesse,

That cherishes a strong and successful free press.

Governments where politians feel valued and secure,

Where one can be proud of one’s candidature.

A culture where the focus on electoral winning,

Goes and good for the country is just the beginning.

Imagine the oldies surveying the land,

And deciding to make changes that are grand.

Anger and polarization out the window,

Finding common ground a whole new lingo.

Rival parties getting together to find solution,

Now that would be a real revolution.

Let’s take to heart Tennyson’s great lines,

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; 

Death closes all: but something ere the end, 

Some work of noble note, may yet be done,

Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.