Truant

What are we teaching our kids
With this high handed approach
The hand of government
Reaching too far
They're preaching family values
while eroding the rights of the parents
Who despite beseeching requests
Are left with no choice
No opportunity to voice their dissent
Without paying a fine
A form of rent on bad luck
On an extraordinary event
And yet the politicians
Won't turn up every day
They play truant and deny us
Our democratic say.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jul/05/couple-faces-court-children-term-time-absence-school-sick-grandfather