They are always saying, 

“the national debt is unsustainable” 

yet day after day, month after month, year after year 

the unsustainable remains sustainable.

* * * 

One party’s dysfunction 

might be both party’s problem 

but that doesn’t mean
both party's are dysfunctional

despite what the news media reports. 

Shallowed be thy will

Anyone who believes 

getting rich is the American dream 

is lost in a rich man’s 

propaganda and scheme 

and like sheep to the slaughter 

they are easily led.


* * *


Inequality
in a country that preaches equality
is an obscenity
and shatters every dream eventually

leaving nothing but platitudes
and a cliche' mentality.


* * *


When we couldn't find happiness
we chose excited instead
and in our excitement
we threw joy to the curb.

‘IT’S FOR YOUR PROTECTION’  

every dictator say’s 

when he puts armed guards everywhere
and he will even say
you asked him to do it.


* * *


 NRA Dreamscapes

It’s scary what we’re becoming.
It’s like everything is coming into focus
and the neighbors we once loved and trusted
are now all armed and dangerous.


* * * * *


Gifts to Go

Give me a DVD and I’ll be gone for a couple hours.
Give me a computer game
and I’ll be gone for a few days.
Give me a smart phone with a bunch of apps
and I’ll be gone wherever I go
and oh yeah,
thanks
it was nice knowing you.

A Thorn in the Side of Progress 

In the ancient world 

the rich got richer and the poor got poorer 

but that was to be expected 

because they were so primitive.  

In the dark and enlightened ages 

the rich got richer and the poor got poorer 

and a whole lot sicker. 

Then new worlds 

were discovered and conquered 

and the rich got richer 

and the poor not only got poorer 

but were also stamped out or enslaved. 

Now in our modern world 

we shoot for the stars 

and carry advanced gadgets and ideas

and the richer still get richer 

and the poor still get poorer and poorer.

In tomorrow’s world 

all that will hold us back will be 

the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

Cheat

One thinks compromise 

and then tells us so. 

The other thinks submit 

hoping it won’t show

but we hear the tone 

and see the pride 

and watch him refuse, 

strut and stride  

with upturned nose 

nothing’s good enough. 

With a nothing hand 

he tries to bluff 

and when that one fails 

an ace from the cuff,,, 

They all cheat.  They say they won’t touch a certain program, then get elected and when a deal is revealed that same program is included and if I had it to do over again I would of flushed that ballot and I really don’t understand why they all think a tax increase is the end of the world unless of course it happens on Friday.

Oxymoron

The tin man might of lost 

but that’s okay 

cuz the iron man still rules 

in most every way 

and it makes no difference 

what the people say.

So to all you wise old fools 

who still have a grip, 

 you are now living within

a democratic dictatorship



* * *


In a world given to games and distractions
 reality is highly competitive
and like the beast with a very ugly head
it always rises to take the day.

Changing you is no problem 

cuz you feel  

but changing them who embrace 

the stone and steel, 

well, 

that will never happen 

and I see dark clouds ahead 

and I want to slow down, turn around 

but this vehicle has a mind of it’s own 

and a voice that whispers, 

"you ain’t seen nothing yet"

* * * . 

and the fools gather 

chit chatting in angst the whole day away, 

‘what to do, what to do’ 

when there’s nothing they can do 

but wait 

for surely the beast 

in all it’s glory unrestrained

will come again,