Stapled Politics

The disenfranchised stand outside
Leftist, the insiders plot their fate.
No purging of demons long on the grid
Platform settled, direction by mandate.
Token lip service to those in need
Vying for the cloak of power
Under the cloak of respectability.
Mainstream media morons, yipping dogs of perfidy,
Polished emblems of corporate power
Responding perfectly to each pulled string.
Trashed reputations, flawed ignorance
The yipping dogs never looking askance.
Skybox pretentious poisoners perched for effect,
Context packaged prescriptions
Provided for mass consumption.
Dim star light barely showing in the haze
The problematic never realized in the coming days.
The outies meet the police dogs of power
Impact statements blasted against those without.
The never ending litany of violence vs. protest
Ever increasing physical and verbal rhetoric
All opposing voices likened unto a heretic.
The hope of the leftists rides a sea of jubilation
Socialist ideals to enslave a nation.
Capital profusion the the horror of purpose
No room for dissent, opposing views a disservice.
Time for a change sigh the main stream masses
Tired of being restrained by rose colored glasses.
© 2001 Tommy Barrios