Politics as usual
politics and parlor tricks
Gerrymandered and grand standing
back and forth insults
constituents charged the dime
every time delivering a cut
to waiting special interest groups
feeding frenzy of madness,
with budget cuts to the poor and needy
more pork for the greedy
subjective, objective
predispositions, stated case
relevance, common sense
personal opinions over facts
now devolved to slander
outright lies and personal attacks
hold on! let's give every dog a bone
lets take this all in stride...
take a recess from this mess
get this good food on this table blessed
i want to engage
every remote possibility
take emotion out of the equation
study it from every angle
extract the essential truth
from its component parts
fry it up with some fresh collards
rice and black-eyed peas
seasoned with cows feet
add homemade cornbread
forget the former arguments
let's eat!
C2

