Democracy
Born of honest statesmen
With visions of a grand country
Where freedom and liberty takes them
For every man, woman and child
With the God given right to live
Where morality dictates
If someone’s in need, then all can give
Taxes will be collected
To benefit all
As our country grows
Let the people stand tall
Our Declaration of Independence
United a new nation in reverence
Life, liberty and
The pursuit of happiness
That government of the people,
By the people, for the people,
Shall not perish from the Earth
That all men are created equal
Then somewhere along the way
The lines got blurred
Statesmen replaced by politicians
And Democracy infection incurred
Bullocracy
Born of deceitful capitalists
Forsaking the middle and lower class
To join the S&P 500 list
Abracadabra
And the tricks of a magician
Billionaires with deep pockets
Buying a dirty politician
Money well spent
For tax loop holes
Make a dollar off a penny
To feed your bankroll
Never mind helping to feed the poor
It’s survival of the fittest
You’ll sleep at night
You filthy rich bigot
They say
Money is the root of all evil
Its greedy businessmen and politicians
Who screw over the people
If our forefathers could see
Democracy victimized
For the good of who?
Not those with tears in their eyes
My how our world has changed
The 21st century gone crazy
Life as we know it
Democracy vs. Bullocracy
Copyright © Accidental Poet 2015
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Damn that poem sounds like 1 of my letters to my Representative, of how taxes are an honorable thing to pay, same as it is honorable to participate in how they are spent. On the People!
Not on the rich, the powerful, the elite, the freaking corporations!!!
Thanks for the read and comment Aw. Quite unbelievable what's going on in the world these days. Politicians seem to care more about what they can get away with instead of how they can best serve the people they represent. That isn't how this country started out. I never imagined the world would be like it is today. It's like a freakin' nightmare.
I kept telling Americans not to trust someone with such a dodgy barnet (D.Trump), but they never listened to me! doh!
Orchi for president! Oops, did I say that?
Heehee!
Whilst wealth dictates who can and will be elected and whilst the votes are not proportionally represented then there will never be true democracy.
I don't understand how so many people can be fooled by one man. Thanks for the read and comment Michael.
So very true AP, even in the UK it is the same, those without morals leading the country into oblivion!
Andy
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