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Legislating For Yesterday

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Apr 27
  • 1 min read

Deciding which biscuit crumbs

Fall from their table scraps

into our laps.


Deciding which thumbs

Are supporting the pen

That signs the documents.


Sermonising speeches,

Dehumanised grief:

A parade of complacency.


That's just another Tuesday.

Maybe my good news day

is around the corner.


Giving aroha

Instead of violence.


Legislating for yesterday:

It makes you wonder why they even bother. Amanda Riddell April 2026

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