One Tax Too Far

Devious minds parade torrents of wealth,
their dazzling brands erode away our health;
we're throwing a tea party!

Justice molds our rage of their proud disdain,
we vow to do more than merely complain
by launching this tea party!

We've had enough of their supremacy
choking our hymn of sacred liberty:
a justified tea party!

Over the edge, we reject their cargo
from West Virginia, on up to Fargo,
this nationwide tea party!

Shredding that plastic to shut down their flow
until we induce those war gears to slow:
our defiant tea party!

No longer bound by blind complicity,
we lift the curtain with simplicity,
marching in our tea party.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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April 17, 2009 at 2:49 AM
I loved the ending stanza...Raul
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