Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Say goodbye to the land of Oz in dismay
where knowledge and logic fall away
like the scarecrow's inner stuffings filleted,
first one strand, then two or three until
all his common sense has spilled;
say hello to the witches of the west
lost in their self-interest, done their very best
all but forgotten about the majority at rest;
see the lion lose his courage
slip-sliding in the congressional forage
where voice, common sense lay in permanent storage;
hug the tinman, his final sigh in search of his heart
when love to hate is split in part
and nothing seems left from America's start;
Emerald City crumples to ash and rubble
as the sun rays burn the earth in trouble
and embers rise and smolder the pseudo bubble;
even the Wizard with all his tricks
is cashing in all his chips
and succumbs to the politics;
while Dorothy and Toto too
into the basket of the balloon flew
to escaping the nonsense coup.
A brief look back and futures questioned
is this the wonderland for which we're destined?
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