Alabaster body of truth
got buried beneath
a dung-key pile of swastika lies
SWAT teams of fascist oppression
swarm the polling places
like hieroglyphic Dead Sea flies
Democracy is locked in a closet,
and minority tears are sorrow overflowing
from a false premise reel faucet
For a few rubles more,
Balaam poli sighs bite their tongue
and don’t say a word
As voting rights get trashed,
Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima voices
never lever get heard
Tongue suppressor is an 'ol ancient Pharaoh trick;
dental floss over the facts,
say freedom diabetes tis how the patient got sick
Sugar coat the ballot Cain process,
put a chocolate high poll tax
to gain pure vanilla power access
Play the cerulean bugle blueberry call of the wild,
tap out the bank accounts in gangsta gutter style
While the cherry cheeks smile ...
knowing that the empty elector jingle reign sound,
from the tongue suppressor vice techniques,
will keep the mute prisoners of hope tightly bound
You studied and learned all that you could
The exams that you passed
the knowledge you have stored.
You talked to your students.
You asked them to listen and learn.
Then politics beckoned
you made speeches sent leaflets
and promised the earth.
You said you would listen and learn.
You would back up the people
be there voice in the house.
You collected the x's
piled up the votes .
You won the election by 47 votes.
the green benches they beckoned
the promise’s you broke
I’m a member of parliament
I will vote on what I want.
Well I’m an elector don’t forget me
I will teach you a lesson
All About loyalty.
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