Once
Once, they gathered in the night
in smoke filled rooms laughter deplete
where only the self chosen meet.
Decisive and power centered left and right,
the money makers successful retreat
calling out the need to be discrete.
Corners shadowy and dark
they hid within the law
marking who would win and who would draw.
Threatened now, the voters spark
tearing ignorant parties apart
with dreamers of hope and honest hearts.
Time for change
is within our range
joined in constitutional exchange.
To listen and to learn
the lessons where history was burned
in the smoke filled shadowed churn.
Once, a revolution spoke freedoms cry
for so many who bureaucracy denied
will you let it away without reply?
Listen well to the lie and the truth
America, what you allow today in your pursuits
is inevitable destiny for our youth.
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