aspirational voter

don’t fuck with the tax system –

because even though you hate rich bastards

one day, you could be one of them

I mean, you never know
Liberal voter

don’t let them take your money

you work hard – without any

handouts ¬– and you certainly

wouldn’t call yourself rich

           but yes, let the gays marry 
progressive voter

secular kindness in a daily struggle

against the blindness of privilege

we are all the same

pronouns: us / them
conservative voter

you can’t even fucking say

what you think anymore

around these humourless luvvies.

You have rights too, now that the margins

are oppressing you
swing voter #1

when you watch the telly

which one of their smug mugs

annoys you the least?
inner city voter

they do it tough out in the bush

but at least they have gardens –

here it’s just a filter bubble of

terrace houses, cafes and apartments

with only algorithms and a line of traffic

to keep the suburbs at bay
Labor voter

once were workers

shirts begrimed with elbow grease

heaving at the picket lines

now –

           wait, who are we?
independent voter

scattergun protest vote or boutique cause?

what makes you different

is what makes the difference
Green voter

science is sexy again

like a Tinder date: swipe left

and we’re all slowly burning

in the dark satanic mills
swipe right, and it’s better to reign

in hell than serve in parliament
either way, our children will

soon be seeking asylum

on another planet
asylum seeker

a weather vane

for our nation’s fears

or failures
swing voter #2

as the country lists

from left to right, listen

to all the sales pitches

and check your balance

like a moody pendulum
non-voter

I mean, they’re all fucked.
aussie voter

spills sauce from a democracy sausage

over greasy fingers and onto

the school ground, where it sizzles in the sun

like blood on the streets in some

faraway revolution
#auspol

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