Free Pass

Exclude the outgroups Free Pass. Objectify women Free Pass. Solicit aid from a hostile foreign power Free Pass. Express your admiration for tyrants Free Pass. How long, For how many, many more times, Must we make excuse for our present mistake? Smoke and mirrors, Misdirection - Blink and away goes the last shock, A new one takes its place. Sleight of hand Brains full of hidden daggers The new aristocracy plies its smooth dark magic; Watch lies turn to truths, Trust turn to hate, Hopes fall to dust Before your very eyes. They'll do it all so prettily if we let them, Like a Five-Star movie They'll pull it all down, Though first they'll cover it with glitter. Gold's their favorite color, It speaks the language they best understand. So: Stand and be counted or watch it fall? Hide your assets Free Pass. Insist the world be your mirror Free Pass. Make the ghost of the past your vision of the future Free Pass. Isolate us from the world Free Pass. But if you care to say anything about all this, You could find yourself an Enemy of the People Someday soon. GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL DO NOT PASS "GO". When that finally happens, I want my Free Pass.