the beggar's roads

The beggar's roads

The motorists curse silently

The bikers shout with dismay

As the potholes thumb rides

The town council engineers

They don't round and inspect

They wait from public complaints

Then the road touch up begins

Even the private contractors

They don't do a good job

They know the road engineers

Nobody wants to check the roads

The beggar's roads

The alms for the private contractors

The tax payers getting sour grapes

Paying taxes going to waste