The Sad State of the Union

In this so-called modern world today There's lots of cause for apprehension, And all the crazy stuff that's going on, Like the hubbub up in Washington, Where no one's getting nothing done, Is only adding to the tension. It's not that I don't care about The cost of healthcare, global warming, And homelessness, and poverty, And gender inequality, But sheer governmental lunacy Is what, to me, is most alarming. I express my views as best I can, Never preen, or preach, or yammer, Keep disdain in check, reproaches small, And strive through verse to rise above it all, But now and then when gentler words begin to gall, I'm rather glad poetic license lets me call Upon the recourse of bad grammar.