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The Last Laugh?

Democracy now that is a laugh When the voting is all stacked with graft And I will give you a plug If you punch out that lug If you believe me you’re really daft! You say you’re poor and you’re not real able To put food and some bucks on the table Just right say the rich Starve and don’t *itch Or drop by and muck out my stable! Grad’s from Vassar and Yale all abhor Those in Appalachia with dirt floors But they own the coal mines And their wealth is refined They won’t mess up their minds keeping score. You can’t get a real education In this righteous American nation Well go read a book Or go shoot a crook Rise to your appropriate station!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 11/11/2010 10:54:00 AM
When are you going to run for office? Your satire packs fire because you have a political vision that is infused with human compassion.
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Date: 10/30/2010 3:05:00 PM
Funny and surprisingly accurate!!
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Date: 10/30/2010 2:33:00 PM
The last four lines of your poem sum up everything that you have to say on the present day situations, Debbie
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Date: 10/30/2010 12:44:00 PM
You tell 'em, Deborah! I love the last line.
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Date: 10/30/2010 12:25:00 PM
!Wow!! Deb, this is so precise! All their rhetoric and show so rancid, their words all pregnant with deceit! I'm sorry for the strong language but I'm am so disgusted I don't listen to any politician..left nor right! Love, Audrey
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Date: 10/30/2010 12:14:00 PM
enjoyable write on politics..
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Date: 10/30/2010 12:01:00 PM
Thank you for posting your fasinating poetry here at PoetrySoup so we all may read it Deborah. May your weekend be one of good health and may you find joy in living and find buckets of inspiration along the way. Wishing you the best in any contest you have entered or are going to enter this weekend. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/30/2010 11:53:00 AM
Good political write..Sara
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Date: 10/30/2010 11:44:00 AM
lol, quite the rant in this, well written :) Sheri
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