Exploitation

Some body else’s mother
Has a different face from ours
She cries a lot, she wonders
First how many hours
She has to work at picking
Mangetout for Tesco store
At rates of pay that some would say
Break ever kind of law
Some body elses mother
Is exploited all the way
1p for a packet
Thats her rate pf pay
Some body else’s mother
Sweats blood and it cant be
Allowed not now not ever
People should now see
These super dooper buyers
Had better start to be
More caring for as people
We are one Community
Somebody else’s mother
Needs to know that people here
Hate this exploitation
And I so hope thats now clear

Written 27/2/1997