Democracy vs. Bullocracy

Accidental Poet

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

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 20th, 2020 12:49
  • Category: Sociopolitical
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  • AwHec8

    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!!!

    • Accidental Poet

      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.

    • orchidee

      I kept telling Americans not to trust someone with such a dodgy barnet (D.Trump), but they never listened to me! doh!

      • Accidental Poet

        Orchi for president! Oops, did I say that?

        • orchidee

          Heehee!

        • Michael Edwards

          Whilst wealth dictates who can and will be elected and whilst the votes are not proportionally represented then there will never be true democracy.

          • Accidental Poet

            I don't understand how so many people can be fooled by one man. Thanks for the read and comment Michael.

          • Goldfinch60

            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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