Regulations

REGULATIONS BY JOHN M. ARRIBAS Two sources of laws that govern the lives of men One’s called survival the other a stroke of the pen Those from survival are easy to list Food, water and shelter so we can exist Those from mans hand are often not clear A crime over there is legal over here Man’s laws may be admirable at their writing Later found questionable at their citing Laws, ordinances , regulations or policy norm With so many restrictions not easy to conform Don’t forget rules they’re important as well Am I acting legally or awaiting a cell Take the sinister case of the berlin wall Many tried to cross it only to fall It had been prohibited to go to the west Any attempt to flee would result in arrest One night a defector was fatally shot Hung over barbed wire destined to rot Then guess what happened the very next day Passed a law if you want to go west “ its ok” An example of a law that caused men to die An illegal extortion forcing free men to defy There are needs for law and order to protect Each new law tightens the noose on a citizens neck The penalty for breaking a law way back when Put the guilty in leg blocks or a public pen Shame him in front of neighbors and friends Humiliation may cause his lawlessness to end The initial mandate of imposing a fine Worked quite well for a very long time Regulations(2) It became so lucrative new laws were soon due Pile on new charges, generate more revenue A man runs a red light cops are hot on his tail There’s so many charges he may not make bail Want to change the house color from tan to gray Need to get permission from a hundred miles away Redo these doors on the inside of my flat Got to submit plans and a copy of the plat It just gets tougher each request causes a fuss Easier for the government to keep a rein on us To control the masses is an easy feat They just add more laws just never delete It’s easy to have contempt for so many laws The enforcement of them is loaded with flaws A girl with drugs gets years of incarceration Drunken teenager kills four receives probation Additional laws will make us quiet as a mouse You’ll soon need a permit to leave the house