A Lamentable State Of Affairs

Keep your superficial promises to yourself.
I close my eyes.
And you both sound the same!
Enough!
Shut up!

I’ll help the country with healthcare!
(By cutting Medicare benefits)
I’ll cut taxes!
(For those making more than $250k annually)
I’ll solve the Iraq situation!
(By keeping our troops there indefinitely)
I’ll rebound the economy!
(By fucking over the working populace)

Year after year.
Our country gets raped and pillaged from within.
As our citizens stand
With their jaws on the floor
Tears in their eyes.
Curses on their lips.

As dreams shatter.
Like fine china dropped to the floor.
And we’re left sweeping up the smithereens.
Whilst the bureaucratic assholes.
Guffaw and slap each other on the back.
In self-congratulatory piousness
Counting their money
Stolen from the people
Until their fat fingers are stained.
Not only with ink
But American blood….

Sleep well, bastards.
‘Cause we won’t go without a fight…..

— infinite_dwarf, Oct 06, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: North Carolina, USA, USA

Favorite Poets: E.A. Poe, Lewis Carroll, Charles Bukowski, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlenghetti.

Critiques

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Ahhh Jess

Just because this time you have a choice between Robin Rape, Anne Pillage and I.M. Anidiot and U.R. Screwed for president is no reason to despair is it? Damn, maybe it is! We have the most unqualified man in history running for president with a good chance of getting it and other than our guilt over the past I can't understand why. Then we have a man who has almost as socialist point of view running against him and I really don't think he will get it. We have a choice this time between awful (Obama) and bad (McCain). Sheesh. I want a mulligan on this. Respectfully, Rett: "We can all be thankful that Picasso wasn't a plastic surgeon." Rett

Kailashana

17 years 8 months ago

When, pray tell (in

When, pray tell (in retrospect, at least) have we ever had a viable candidate in recent history.... every fucking administration contributed to the sad state of affairs we have now. The devil is in the details they say. ~A

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

nice comments!

Rett - Looks like with the move, I won't have time to register in NY in time for Nov 4th. I might do an absentee ballot for here, but not sure how much good voting for Bob Barr will do at this point. A lot of people believe that will just throw votes to Obama - and he's the last person I'd support. Oh well, guess I gotta wait until 2012... Anna - With the exception of blatantly disregarding warnings about terrorism, and cutting defense, Clinton wasn't THAT bad of a pres. Unemp. was down, he had a balanced budget for a couple years, no war that we were directly involved in on the scale of where we're at now, and inflation wasn't too bad either. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- - "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer!" - "Constipated people don't give a shit..."

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Jess, I am afraid they are right.

I do NOT endorse John McCain, but right now he is the lesser of the two evils. Bob Barr is a better man than either, but he doesn't stand a chance and will only help Obama get elected. Clinton was an asshole who corrupted a whole generation of youth into thinking oral sex wasn't sex. The bosnian war, failure to act on terrorism etc, but he would be better than either choice. I have to vote, but I am not liking it this time around. *sigh* I wish we had better choices. Respectfully, Rett: "We can all be thankful that Picasso wasn't a plastic surgeon." Rett

Kailashana

17 years 8 months ago

Ok… I respect everyone’s

Ok... I respect everyone's right to have an *opinion*. I, however, having said that this election is going to be the choice of the lesser of two evils when the candidates were still prattling their wares, save one (Kucinich) can only say that every President has brought us to the state that we are in now.. What road we will be going down with McCain or Obama has yet to be seen. You really think we have had choices? If we do, we're the ignorant ones in my opinion. I don't think this is what the originators of the Declaration of Independence had in mind, do you? Even if they were ignorant to the future's signs of the times. (Slave ownership, etc.) ~A

prayersbyPatty

17 years 8 months ago

Sometimes I think we are all slaves

When you buy insurance, and have to sue them to get any money..... I am personally satisfied that some day Jesus will come back and when his foot splits mount olive there will be no where for them to hide. My God how many millions does one person need while others struggle, toil and starve. I have to believe.... the alternative is me packing a gun and taking vengeance. We had another little girl in town molested by a guy with 3 convictions. So they let him go and put a map of where he lives on the internet. This time he got 5 years. The 10 year old gets life. I swear if anyone ever lays a hand on my family I will die in prison. sorry to get on my high horse, as Rett said I better shut up before I drive my heart crazy. I will gladly ride in God's army and take up the cause of what a mess this world is in. Patty

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

Thx again!

Rett - You can always write in whoever you want. Mickey Mouse, Jai-ja, yourself... don't matter. I agree, though, we've got some real winners this time around... Thanks for your thoughts. Anna - Bang on, girl. This is about as far from the original DOI as we can get, I think. Patty - I agree, anyone comes into my home with the intent (or even with no intent... it's MY home!) to harm myself or my family - they get shot right quick. No question. I'll sit in jail if it means my family is safe now. I know it's blasphemy, but I think God is waving his middle finger at all of us at the mo.... a sort of "I told you so." type mentality. I hope the end is soon. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- - "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer!" - "Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."

Kailashana

17 years 8 months ago

Let’s all say we agree on

Let's all say we agree on a *creator God* and let's all say we agree that it took *evolution* for creation to take place. Let's all say we since the *thinking human* first appeared we are co-creators with God. Not much in the way of *skill*. Peace. ~A