i saw the worst minds of my generation leap to the heavens

in one tall bound

hysterically they took power

emboldened by their lofty positions

they tried to strangle

freedom by the throat,

as next they

sharpened their claws on the constitution,

nearly tearing it to bits in the process

as egotistically their political machinery turned

rights to wrongs and freedom to death.

so obtuse, seeing themselves as glorious pillars,

the saviors of mankind

while in fact they only scratch and claw

to maintain and wield their positions of power

moguls of oil and political bandits,

having stolen an election,

all come to say we protect and serve

but as rogue police

they dish out

their own form of punishment and favors

as the rich get richer walking on egg shell economics

as the floor begins to crumble,

those who can run for cover

pointing their fingers back

at those left and

continuing the tribal diatribe

against the un and under employed

leaving young mothers

to fend for themselves

they have this misunderstanding

that Americans can’t accept the truth

their concept of education indicates they

believe creativity can be quantified, measured,

maybe even, boxed and sold on the crumbling market

and with the earmark of dementia they

steadfastly claim they knew nothing of those

issues now being faced by the public

and a new President

history may well say

that is far closer to the truth

than they realized!

03/20/2009

Author's Note: This is a revision to Minds.

Posted on 04/02/2009
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