Revolution in Massachusetts

Bullshit for dinner, with chicken and peas:
Another election, and everything's changed,
And the corporate populists, puffed up and
Pleased, say the president's finished, then
Break to sell drugs. In a room, beneath banners,
The victor exults. His supporters, a pale bunch,
And clearly well fed, feed the cameras cliches,
“We've just had enough.” But of what?, I am
Wondering. Weren't these the ones who had
Said just a year ago that what they wanted
Is what they now tell everyone that they hate?
So it's been. So it goes, between pitches for drugs,
As these petulant idiots vote against one, then
The other, and wonder why nothing is done.
Another election, a difficult meal, a conclusion
That nothing has changed.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2010-01-20 at 15:38

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