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Cake and Democracy

I don’t care,

That you don’t care,

About caring about

What I care for.

 

And you know what?

I don’t care that

You won’t care for

the only thing that I really

care for.

 

What if I care about

cake? Would you not

care about cake?

 

Would you not care

ABOUT CAKE?

 

You care about cake, of course you do.

I can see it in your eyes and by

that tell tale dribble at your mouth.

Cake is something that will

make your legs quake with

butter cream goodness.

 

A good cake baked,

makes you proud to be

a cake baking citizen in

a country that will let you

bake cake.

 

So what if I care about

democracy. Would you not

care about democracy?

Would you let people live

in fear of the **** of a gun,

Would you care that there

are those who are on the run

from tyranny and violence

who know pain and loss,

that you could only

wake up from,

in a cold sweat?

As you turn and toss

in your memory foam bed.

 

There is more happening on this Earth

Then cake.

There are greater causes

than choosing between

Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration

and that traditional Victoria Sponge your

Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week.

 

The struggle humanity faces, is to live

in harmony with each other.

It cannot be resolved with cake.

You cannot bring democracy

to a country with cake.

Or can we?

 

What if we swapped,

Non radar detectable aircraft

For dairy delectable foodcraft,

What if we swapped

12inch shells for

12 thousand babybels?

What if we stole

RPGs and gave back

MSG’s (they’re less harmful

in the long run, if thrown at you).

 

What if, for once, everyone cared.

And then we’d get somewhere.

Every voice in every home

Would not be a voice alone,

And for once, we’d all agree about the fact

we like cake and democracy for all.

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Mar 16, 2010
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