What have we become?
Our government plays on our fears
To defend spying on its citizens.
NSA, CIA, FBI all have our dossiers,
How many other acronyms are prying
Weeding through our emails,
Monitoring our bank accounts,
Recording our telephone calls,
Scanning our mail?
A whistle-blower leaks your dirty little secrets
And you back peddle like lying politicians.
He’s committed treason you cry,
Turning the blame from yourselves as you always do.
Obviously our right to privacy means nothing,
You have no probable cause for surveilling us,
So you use the Patriot Act, loosely as disguise.
It hurts when you have been caught doesn’t it,
Like a kid with their hand in the cookie jar.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Author’s Note: This piece was prompted by reading the following short article http://goo.gl/wpkRZx. The information contained within it is not new, but it reignited my concerns about our federal government and our lack of privacy.
Dom DiFrancesco 
That is one huge cookie jar! Especially given that it’s directly from the heart! Great work…
It is and very, very deep. Thank you sir, I appreciate the comment.
Great work…indeed deep!!
Thank you so much.
Powerful words. I used to think myself immune, but I have bought some of this fear too … Loved the last line.
Thank you so much, unfortunately I don’t think any of us are immune and I suppose a healthy amount of fear is warranted.
@”So you use the Patriot Act, loosely as disguise.” – so sadly true, unfortunately… 😦
Thank you, in my opinion much of this act needs to be done away with.