We have forgotten!
The New Deal has been destroyed
And we don’t see it.
Social Security and
Medicare under attack.
Cleverly disguised
By the “old standby”…tax cuts
They try to bankrupt;
Forcing the extinction of
Our long beloved safety nets.
When will we wake up!
The middle-class is dying,
While privilege thrives.
When we are homeless and sick
Maybe then we’ll remember.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
In this gilded age
What is old is new again.
Worship of the golden calf
Has supplanted our rights.
Blood shed over these many years
Washed away with the bleach of power.
Fault lies squarely with us,
We allow their deceptions to dissuade.
Staying home we complain
Or cast vote against our own interest.
Each time we give them greater power
Plunging ourselves ever deeper into their pit.
How long will it be before it is too late,
When our eyes are so shielded as to be blind.
You think they are not displaying hateful smiles;
Proud of their accomplishments…
Give yourselves a pat on the back.
You believe that they care about you;
Their coffers are their only love.
Spending to kill their opposition…
This is their way and you are but pawns.
Their complicit media does nothing to inform,
Deceiving and perpetuating their propaganda.
With a populace too lazy to seek the truth,
They are easily swooned by soundbites.
Repeat them often enough and people believe,
How sad this truly is.
We base decisions on 140 characters…or less,
We take statements as fact from anonymous sources.
As a people, we claim to appreciate due diligence,
But not when it comes to those that govern us.
Quick to believe rumors, mass emails and tweets,
We call ourselves informed.
What is it Jefferson said about an enlightened citizenry?
“…it is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic.”
Many of us have proved to be a disappointment…
Social media is not enough, soundbites are not enough;
Ignorance is not an excuse!
You shout your patriotism as if it’s fact
While wrapping yourself in the American flag.
Meanwhile you seek to distance yourself from the poor,
Treating them all as abusers of our system, a drain on society,
Unworthy of saving….better left for dead.
Our health and security you put on the chopping block
Or sell off for the profit of privateers.
You desire to corporatize the education of our young
For so long a public mainstay,
Now raped and pillaged then labeled dysfunctional.
You should be ashamed!
Every institution we hold dear is up for sale.
One day as you enter your sunset years
You will look back, perhaps longingly
And wish for those things that you slaughtered
Out of pure ignorance and deadliest of sins
–Greed.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Humanity lost
Our dignity up for sale
What little is left
Elected to destroy us
By the uninformed
More sad than ever
I fear our future
You will see what you have done
By supporting these devils
Schools will be sold for profit
Security privatized
Healthcare back in greedy hands
This is what you chose
You gullible Red Foxes
Believing the spin
Selling your best interests
For six long years full of lies
I hope you’re happy
For now our children suffer
At your bloody hands
Left to live worse than you did
Goodbye American Dream
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Shock of all shocks!, A conclusion has arrived,
What you may ask drove me to this.
I look at this nation and its leaders that drive,
And sadly I find so much amiss.
Squabbling and indecision on the left and the right,
It’s politics at their very worst.
From top to the bottom it’s no easier a fight,
Unable to decide what to do first.
Managing from crisis to crisis is no way to proceed,
As the ball is too easily dropped.
We look to our leaders to stand up and take heed,
Of all that must be started and stopped.
From debt ceiling to healthcare, ebola, ISIS and more,
They fight each other all of the way.
Afraid am I of what may very soon be in store,
For greater horrors may come into play.
We have hearing after hearing and nothing gets done,
They are sound bites for the next campaign.
Fodder for the platform on which they will run,
With lies and aggression to inflame.
I look at the response to ebola with a smile,
This comedy of errors that it is.
The protocols, what protocols all to beguile,
What’s the answer is part of the quiz.
What do we call them–ISIS or Islamic State,
Would somebody make up their mind.
We got into this one perhaps a little too late,
Over time I am sure we will find.
In these two crisis’ congress isn’t without fault,
Ask McCain, he was friend to our foe.
Yelling arm the rebels their advance they will halt,
As always putting on quite a show.
Now congress has called a meeting, the CDC to berate,
For its failure to institute adequate tools.
It was fine leaving West Africa to suffer its fate,
Denying funding like cold hearted fools.
Messages are mixed on all things from above,
Agreeing on nothing is their way.
Failing to compromise when push comes to shove,
I suppose this is how things will stay.
So what is the conclusion from this long winded rant,
More trouble ahead is surely brewing.
Our government is broken and their solutions are scant,
I’m confident they don’t know what they are doing!
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Fearmongers abound
Ebola, ISIS, healthcare
Scaring the masses
Nothing more than politics
Spread by corrupt media
“Fair and Balanced”, ha!
They all have an agenda
Manipulation
Not to report and inform
But to divide and conquer
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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