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Politically Speaking
By Franklin Price
8/24/2015

Politically speaking -  I'm at such a loss
Trying to figure out - who the heck is the boss
Thought it was the people -  as our forefathers spoke
Think it never quite was -  it was their private joke

The few would finagle -  the masses of course
To put posters around -  from the back of a horse
Would speak from a stump -  promise this, promise that
Anything for election -  to where the money was at

Wealth would allow them -  to follow their dream
And when voted in -  would scrape off the cream
Share it with the rich - who helped them along
Trickle down what was left -  to the mingling throng

Years have gone by, - very little has changed
The ways we're finagled -  have been rearranged
The horses are gone  -  that spread 'round the word 
Technology's here -  I'm quite sure you have heard

 TV, radio - then there's the net
What you're seeing or hearing -  is not what you get
From the three major networks -  to the fox in his den
From the myriad WEB sites -  don't forget CNN

The sources are slanted - we are slid down the slopes
As we go down the hill -  watch our dreams and our hopes
Dangled as carrots -  held just out of reach
Give me your vote and you'll get them -  is what they all preach

Yet when they're elected -  our votes they forget
Not the rich who donated -  on this you may bet
I may sound like I'm jaded - I really am not
If we want to change -  this situation we've got

Become more involved -  do not throw votes away
Vote for ones who will do -  not for ones who just say
If they don't perform -  when they've gotten your vote
Call them, text them -  send them a note

They'll likely not listen -  send a packaged reply
Likely a sidestep -  or out and out lie
If that is what happens -  you're committing a sin
If you give them your vote - when they're running again.
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