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Rett

Member since May 26, 2008

Member, 2008 → 2013

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293 Poems

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Political Pandering (first new one in a while)

Posted Jun 19, 2013 · 26 lines · 8 critiques

Political Pandering

Spare a dollar, spare a dime
Come sit down and waste your time
Listen to the mastery
Of lying faces, politically

We'll do this, we'll do that
Come on up and fill the hat
We'll say one thing and do another
Hopes and dreams we're bound to smother

Spare a dollar, spare a twenty
Put it in, we'll spend plenty
We don't bother to even try
Pay no attention to our lie.

To the polls, cast your vote

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Don't look at records, don't make a note
Just listen to the lies we spew
Then believe in something new

Spare a dollar, spare a dime
Come on down and waste your time
Forget the problems that you face
Help me win this sordid race

Spare an inch, we'll take a mile
Mezmorize you with our style
Looking oh so debonaire
And leave you grasping empty air

©Rett Wiginton 2013

Rett’s timeline

June 2013
20 Thu

Received a critique
on Political Pandering (first new one in a while) from @lonlyhrtsclub13
"It's Carrie, under a different name. I tend not to get involved in politics but this I agree with you on. Shameful how the government spends our money all while lying to our faces. So many things I dont understand about…"
20 Thu

Received a critique
on Political Pandering (first new one in a while) from @weirdelf
"If I didn't know you were writing about things almost diametrically opposite to what I have found to be closer to the truth, I would agree with this poem. I certainly agree with the spirit of it. Only difference, a huge…"
19 Wed

Posted a poem
Political Pandering (first new one in a while)
"Political Pandering"
Open thread 26 lines
May 2013
25 Sat

Anniversary
5 years of membership
January 2013
15 Tue

Posted a poem
All I see is Red
"I listen to the radio"
Open thread 34 lines
December 2012
15 Sat

Posted a poem
And the Angels Cried
"Intent faces, scrubbed and clean"
Open thread 9 lines
November 2012
24 Sat

Most-discussed work
Experiment and Excrement (New)

62 critiques to date.
March 2010
11 Thu

Added to bookshelf
Dangerous Fare
"Rett Wiginton (2010) Publish America http://www.publishamerica.net/product89608.html Joe Cushing was five years old when his"
May 2009
25 Mon

Anniversary
One year of membership
November 2008
15 Sat

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
August 2008
15 Fri

Highest posting month
August 2008 — 26 poems
14 Thu

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
May 2008
26 Mon

First critique offered
on "Warming The Cabin" by @Vulgar Peregrine
26 Mon

First publication
Global Warming (since unpublished)
25 Sun

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

Married for 37 years now to a wonderful woman. I love to read and write. I have one Published Novel, Dangerous Fare, and am working on 2 more at this time.

I have an extensive library of Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy and humor. I also have many gardening, home improvement, computer, auto and motorcycle books. I am a history buff and like to do a bit of woodworking. I build my own computers because I prefer to know what the quality of the components goes into them and prefer to be able to repair them with off the shelf parts. I am a decent country cook and love to grill and barbecue. I also love gardening and working around the yard.

I have worn many hats over the years, but the longest job I held was in the Chemical industry for 31.5 years before retirement. I love people and poetry.

I am a conservative with libertarian leanings, believe in freedom, small government, personal responsibility and helping those in need. A hand up not a handout is what people need. I hate what socialism and communism does to people and believe the less government interference in lives, the better. There, you have it. That is a capsule view of me. I am who I am and I'm happy with it.

Location: Southern Texas, USA

Favorite Poets

Dickenson

Longfellow