The choice of the Voice

An Aboriginal baby, and a child,
Appeared on the cover of The Age,
The upshot of the message was —
They needed help, at this stage

As today there’s a referendum
For a Voice in the halls of power,
To give their people a say —
So their future will surely flower

It would be nice to help that baby,
And to give that child a voice;
The options were vote Yes or No,
— And I had to make a choice

“Yes”, to create a Federal Committee,
As that would help them some;
“No”, ’cos pollies can’t be trusted,
And would make a bad outcome

Both sides had said some good points,
And I wanted to help that baby —
So, I chose a midway compromise,
And at the booth I voted “Maybe”.

Andrew Guild