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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-08-24 03:30 PM



time undergoes a cleansing
blurring treachery and responsibility
its like a legally blind person
reading the Constitution
he see it
but not the cracks within
for time blurs our understanding
but the pulsating drone
heard from the great unwashed
to corrupt cities and beyond
are in accord
and
resound in agreement
seeing the cracks
leading us into a ruthless way of life
finally
maybe too late
maybe not
the country is awakening
to Houdini-like trickery
the second hand of
the coming peril
ticks away
slowly
without stopping

a democracy cannot exist
as a permanent form of government
when the voters
discover they can vote
themselves largess out of the
public treasury—Alexander Fraser Tytler


maybe
just maybe
a light is being shinned
through the closed drapes
of professional politics
the urge to
throw the bums out
has never been stronger

August 14, 2016 / ©Jerry Pat Bolton

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

© Copyright 2016 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
EmmaRose
Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376
Midwest
1 posted 2016-08-24 04:33 PM


Not much of a choice this time around
is there
going to be a long winter of discontent no matter who what and where
I hear ya

jjote
Senior Member
since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada
2 posted 2016-08-24 04:46 PM



"through the closed drapes
of professional politics
the urge to
throw the bums out
has never been stronger"


Nowadays as elsewhere in other countries, rarely we label politics as "professional", seems the drapes will stay closed forever, unless we do the world a makeover.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
3 posted 2016-08-24 04:50 PM


I guess. I'm voting for Trump. Can't even stand the thought about Killery getting into that White House. The only thing about Trump that kinda bothers me is the fact he has never had any but himself to please. He has the whole nation to please this time around.

Thank you for your input, Emma..

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2016-08-24 04:52 PM


Oh they are professional, jjote. Professional enough to get into the machinery. which is Washington, and professional to keep us voting them back in time after time.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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