State of Affairs

Cover-ups, deceit and lies with every word spoken
 Donald and Hilary all morals continually broken.
What is it with the times
 no honest politician can we find.
They slip and slide just outside the truth
 expecting our vote in the polling booth.
Nothing seems to change the repertoire
 she said, he said, honesty in the reservoir.
Past mistakes they say
 different from who they are today.
Ashamed I am 
 of both republican and democratic stands.
The average citizen outnumbers all
 but we are the ones who take the fall.
Give me and honest man or woman
 to keep the nation from its ruin
This is the saddest state of affairs
 do any of our representatives care?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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October 13, 2016 at 1:31 PM
Great poetic social commentary, I was actually hoping Bernie Sanders had a chance. Lesser of two evils as they say...
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October 13, 2016 at 12:57 PM
There is always truth in poems. Well said.
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