Terence Smith Poet Rhyme

The Corporate State

The Corporate State
The billionaires now compete.
    Your vote is worthless now,
          the CEOs debate.
              To you and I, they do not relate.

In the dusk of freedom,
    I resist a response of hate.
          We must draw  together,
                in a show of unity.

Corpse Flower seed sent from NYC,
    Soon to bloom in DC.
          Its scent is all-pervasive,
              Your opinion does no longer rate.

Your  Congress persons are commodities now,
    they  are freely bought and sold,
          the common man is left out in the cold,
              kiss the Bill of Rights goodbye.

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Shou Zi Chew will run the show,
    one man alone however hard he might strive,
          can but try to  fight the system,
              not tug his forelock and bow.

Consider deep the bright leadership,
    that democracy gave us all,
          in twenty and sixteen,
              Then please tell me what we have to choose between.

In its complexity and organization lies great beauty
    like a flower with many frills,
          it has a very, deep state, blossom,
              spreading its wondrous scent to all.

I now perceive the evening of the year,
    not without a little fear.
          In truth, my fate is of little matter,
              but the  Nation’s course,
                    I wish I could view it without remorse.

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