Moral Decay

Grinding, striving
Skin of teeth surviving    
Death slowly arriving

As big brother takes and takes
More souls he rapes     
Like picking grapes

Pay the man or lose   
No wonder there's booze       
To numb the choices we choose .

Empires built for nought
Morality now an afterthought     
Politicians sold and bought

Futures forged on broken trust 
Election lies , watch countries bust
As we wait our turn
To rust in the dust.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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October 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM
Beautifully painted!
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October 25, 2015 at 11:21 PM
WOW, that's kind of epic. I had my share of booze. Living life, pretending everything will turn out okay. LINDA
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