consultation – an experience in South Beds District Council
Lightness of touch is important.
In all of last week’s machinations
And speculations on what was to be
I would really have liked to be ask-ed
What my career aspirations might be
We started a consultation on structures
A con it turned out so to be
‘cos by Friday we all got our answer
Jane xxx and Dave xxx designees
Let us not be labelled as whingers
‘cos we would agree as one
That those two are such stalwart champions
They would be second to none
But there are matters of unfinished business
Me and Stephen would like to pursue
Like this little number on ‘integration’
For community safety to do
When we have finally cracked it
And remember as a team we’re quite new
Then we’ll be happy to go our own ways
To be otherwise guided by you
I have been advis-ed to lobby
Sooner rather than late
To be at the forefront of decisions
You may be pois-ed to make
The star of community safety
Can only be replaced in my heart
By others of comparable beauty
Community strategy or health for a start
Shocking as it may seem to you
I really do like to be
Working up close as possible
To 1st/2nd tier prodigies
While lying in bed and composing
It sort of occurred to me
That in some of what I am feeling
Is a clue
To organisational culture
Going askew
Motivational forces
Money, values and love
Intertwin-ed with passion
And for some of us voices from God
A mirror of South Beds Communities
We want vision and justice and hope
To be treated as individuals
Not herded about like goats
I am sure I never showed this to anyone at the time! Read also
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