One against whom there was no official complaint,

He was married and added five children to the population,

Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation.

And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education.

Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:

Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

Forum note: The lines above are the relevant extracts from late Anglo-American poet W.H. Auden's The Unknown Citizen published almost 70 years ago. MP Sam Tan credited the late poet in adapting an extract of the poem for his speech in Parliament.