Nothing Left
There is nothing left to see
if we all become complacent
accepting without resistance a party's statement
to the slow erosion of democracy.
Senators and congress wade undeterred
in party woes and power hold desires
as radical right and radical left sink within the mire
and the only voices heard are of the absurd.
We can no longer see the forest from the trees
while on the hill within the inner chambers rant
common sense and truth are crushed by the dance
holding hostage the people's faith seized.
Save the corporations, allow the rich to reign
the twenty-first century strains the lies most cruel
with little hope of - for the people, by the people rule
the average American dream slips away again.
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