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A view of long term incumbents
A Citizen
By Franklin Price
10/1/2016
A citizen who's silent
Who has a horn to toot
Who's words, if said, are meaningful
Unsaid, are always moot
Citizens, without opinion
On the daily things of note
Have no idea of what to do
When it comes time to vote
Flash and flicker, tout and spin
Are the politician's sway
Truth is not the question
It's the vote that's cast their way
Their object is to only win
The how is not so much
As long as they're involved with those
Who have the Midas touch
It;s funny how incumbents
Get much richer as they stay
They strive to be the one percent
Kiss several asses every day
They block most things of substance
For we the people one and all
Except for the richest one percent
Who want to keep them at the ball
Citizens don't vote incumbents
Who have not done a thing
Except to get much richer,
By taking cash and bling
I'm not saying that a new one
Won't do the same damn thing
That's what politicians do
When you let them wear the ring
If we keep on voting out
Until all have served our share
The one percent will be a hundred
What do you think, or do you care?
Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2016
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