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Government, Oh Government

Government, Oh Government By Valerie Odom January 12, 2017 Government, oh government Why focus on the bigger picture Why control, divide, and deprive us Are you some sort of deceptionist Or maybe a megalomaniac Why you gotta lie to us Government, oh government Make us work for our freedom While you take most of our pay When you know it’s suppose to be Tax Season Government, oh government This world we live in was given for free So who do you think you are to make me pay a house renting fee A water bill AND electricity That’s messed up They must want everyone homeless and on the streets While we smoke crack and they drink tea While we try to hustle they get things for free While we make a movement they kill our dreams That’s not how things are supposed to be

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Terry Godwin

Date: 6/1/2017 5:22:00 AM

An interesting poem. It flows nicely but I feel more mature words could have made the message more effective. as the poem says, one law for the people and one for the government. Whatever your political colour you will be exploited somewhere and someone will come along and give you another set of promises and it will start all over again An interesting poem on a subject us people , the voters have to bear. Well done.