Hour of Power
HOUR OF POWER
If I remember rightly, someone once said
Enough of all this farce, democracy is dead
So don’t let any of it mess with your head
In some democracies, a President is elected
But in others, it is a party that gets selected
And never should free choice be neglected
But big business will win the day, of course
Party donations from a questionable source
Private functions, a meal ticket to endorse
National elections offer gripping television
No joy, if the count is denied any revision
Is it really the people making the decision
It’s rights and laws and a struggling economy
Yet it all comes down to maths and Ptolemy
But unchanged since the death of bonhomie
Yet I do believe in Switzerland each quarter
For residents up mountains or by the water
It is a form of democracy that doesn’t falter
Whether really as superficial as favouritism
But much less so, if it is state communism
Yet it is cash in the pocket with capitalism
A constitutional monarchy does seem Ok
But nothing like those in a Shakespeare play
And Richard the Third finally lost it, I’d say
So, there will always be this societal stuff
And when politics feels more than enough
Just surviving each day can get very tough
Copyright © Howard Osborne | Year Posted 2023
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