So Many Empty Suits
So many empty suits
Talking at us
Over us
Under us
Concerned only with power
Greed
The bottom line
Promises broken
Passing more laws
To restrain us
More propaganda
To de-brain us
Done a good job
On quite a few
So far
Taxing us
Into oblivion
Shepherds wearing ties
Herding so many
Like sheep
Between the fences
Of their rules
Like cattle
Led to the slaughter
Of their dignity
Of their morality
Of their very lives
Bowing to Big Brother
In a three-piece
A little more privacy
Surrendered
Struggling up
A slippery slope
Greased by stupidity
Watching passively
As their freedoms erode
Such a pathetic lot
Controlled by the government
But wait a minute
Aren't "We The People" the government?
They don't think so
And you know what!
They're right!
© Copyright 2014 Robert William Gruhn - All Rights Reserved
"A poem to me is the essence of any thought,
Being built from its foundation into tower scraping sky.
It can fly like no other bird to places never seen,
Even spaceships can only dream of taking its place."
Robert William Gruhn © 2014
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