Hearsay

Do you vote your mind Or court your heart Acquitting party faithful Whose lies never grow apart Do you vote for choice Or for political extortion Condemning any candidate Who decries abortion Do you vote for jobs Or rally against illegitimate wars Picketing the freedoms Of meat-eating, capitalist stores Do you vote for education Or for your ideological slant Burning a child’s future For an author’s utopian rant Do you vote for tolerance Or against an intangible God Eschewing the zealotry Of the Marquis de Sade Do you vote for security Or against the rule of law Extolling revolution Because government has flaws Do you vote for independence Or draw your party’s line Gerrymandering objectivity For rancor’s incestuous design Do you vote for healthcare Or how much you make Insuring the suffering of patients Whom doctors won’t take Do you love America Or simply love to hate Voting for the integrity Of our democratic state