Take Us for Fools

Republican rhetoric sounds like a big oil (bp) commercial,
so much concern for the people
after they destroyed their hopes and livelihoods.

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Wake me up 

when the treason trials begin 

or 

when this billionaire funded
Tea Party Taliban 

starts throwing stones.

Our House

While papa is out doing remarkable things 

the do-nothing children 

hatefully accuse him of grandstanding 

and threaten to burn the house down.

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Don’t worry, be happy,
government shutdowns are no big deal,
but if the news media shuts down,
oh my god
then we are truly leaderless and doomed.

 Distraction is our Reality

If you are NOT distracted
you are NOT living in the real world.

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I hate that senator half as much 

as I hate the media 

who gives him

nation wide coverage 

and I keep asking

what’s the difference between terrorists 

who hate our government 

and want to shut it down 

and obstructionists 

who hate our government 

and threaten to shut it down?


"Well", says the idiot
with the gadget to his ear,
"let me put you on hold".

Inner Impasse

If you have half a brain, 

like me, 

you won’t dignify with truth 

such stupidity 

yet it’s so hard to contain 

outrage and outcry 

when you know in your heart 

none win with a sigh.

*

When you live in ‘tea party’ land
you take no stand,
you just shut your mouth and sigh
a lot
and quietly remember
all you were taught
about the fall of great empires
when you were young.

Gun control talk

is just a dog chasing it’s own tail, 

around and around it spins 

for what reasons no one can tell.

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Soon these mass killings will be an everyday occurrence 

and we’ll accept them as easily 

as we accept rising prices and dysfunctional representation.