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Politics in America

Chris Johnson

The campaigns last longer
Than the terms of office.
The politician favor
Elective lobotomies for voters.
Promises buy elections
Leaving bills always unpaid.
Shifts take place from the middle
To the middle and back.
Mud is manufactured
By unseen makers
Just to be slung
At someone buying
From the same makers.
Lies fly to open ears
With closed eyes
And empty pockets
Looking for something to fill them.
Form overshadows truth,
Reality is reborn unrecognizable.
Blind leaders warn of things
They cannot see to distract
From things they cannot ignore.
Robbing tomorrow to pay yesterday
Is called “fiscal responsibility,”
While starving the future
To feast today is SOP.
Two parties talk from both sides
Hoping to sway the middle
And stand in the middle
Hoping to pull from both sides.

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