Election day nears
We have an obligation
To get out and vote
People have died for this right
So be sure not to waste it
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Election day nears
We have an obligation
To get out and vote
People have died for this right
So be sure not to waste it
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Serve at our pleasure
This, the politicians role
Most have forgotten
Hypnotized by gold’s allure
They bow before oligarchs
Doing their bidding
As if we do not matter
We can prove them wrong
Because voting is power
And their lives are in our hands
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
It is ironic
Considered a democracy–
Republic really
We treasure our vote
Though in many ways a farce
Given candidates
By parties that are corrupt
These are our choices
Pick from the best of the worst
Either way they always win
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
An embarrassment lay before the trustees feet.
No courage, no diplomacy from the ivory seats.
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They bicker and fight at the masses expense,
Void of logic this makes absolutely no sense.
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Elected to do all the peoples good work,
To captain the ship with nary a perk.
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Not to be so, as their pockets belie,
They weakened the law and stole all the pie.
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Neither a sliver did they take nor merely a slice,
They keep going back many times more than twice.
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Still as cattle to the polls we can’t help but repeat,
As if we were held to the fire by our feet.
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When will the swarm awaken from their dream,
To see that this always has been part of the scheme.
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Divide up the nation into haves and have nots,
Feed those without means into the haves corporate plot.
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This countries demise may be its own wretched greed,
Blind or not caring for a citizenry in need.
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Many poor have been baited that less gives you more,
A theory disproved by many before.
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Even Greenspan did admit that “trickle down” was a farce,
The wealth it went up, but the trickle fell sparse.
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Thirty years on, on the brink of collapse,
Austerity it is as we watch prosperity lapse.
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But still the Gipper’s name is held up enshrined,
His legacy it ticks like a bomb out of time.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~