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Once not long ago In the vile state of Utah, An evil wizard Impregnated a feral cat with Mormon seed. In no time at all, A litter was born And all of them died But one– Mittens the Kitten. Mittens grew up with a sense of entitlement Because the evil wizard filled his head With the Mormon scriptures. When Mittens would catch and **** a mouse, The evil wizard would pet Mittens With a vigor that was borderline Inappropriate. Mittens was bred to **** In the evenings, Mittens would enjoy a bowl of warm blood. Sometimes it would coagulate, But Mittens loved his blood. He lapped it up With a a vigor that was borderline Inappropriate. Mittens was bred to **** The evil wizard was a Harvard Business Grad, And since feline-humanoids were not accepted At Harvard Business School, The evil wizard taught Mittens All that he knew. Mittens soaked up the knowledge With a vigor that was borderline Inappropriate. Mittens was bred to **** Some years went by and Mittens Became a successful business owner. He would lap up bowls of Other people's business With a vigor that was borderline Inappropriate. Mittens was bred to **** Fast forward to the present tense (My personal favorite tense) And Mittens is running for president. He uses his magical smirk to cloak his lies So that naive voters might believe that They should vote for this cat. He smirks and he lies With a vigor that is borderline Inappropriate. Mittens was bred to ****
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Oct 8, 2012
Oct 8, 2012 at 9:07 PM UTC
Mittens the Kitten
All is NOT well in the grasslands. The animals are fit to be tied. The actions of the crafty wolves Have left the rest of them horrified. "How will we EVER be able To keep democracy afloat," The antelope asked, "if the wolves Don't allow us all to vote? "In many sections of these grasslands, Shameless wolves are doing their best To hold voter registration Hostage, keeping voters suppressed." "They aim to control voter turnout," The deer added. "That's their hope. Their sneaky ways to manipulate Elections push the envelope! “They stall and seek petty reasons To take names off voting lists. Fair and honest elections are In jeopardy if this persists.” "It's so close to election day, Our courts are reluctant to raise objections," The buffalo said. "Some of the wolves Are even running in the elections! "Humph! They stole a Supreme Court justice. Then they rammed another one through. Now they're still suppressing voters. What more damage will they do?" "Winnowing down voter rolls! Their strategies should be illegal!" The fox chimed in. Looking around, He asked, "Where is our dear friend Eagle?" The absent eagle wanted no Responsibility tied to her name. She couldn't stop the out-of-control Wolves, and hid her head in shame. -by Bob B (10-19-18)
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 10:50 AM UTC
Democracy in Crisis
They said there was a drought water was short not enough for domestic use. At first declaring it was nobody's fault it had not rained for a long time! Committing an offence by using a hose pipe truthfully was a load of tripe. Water companies are making a financial killing everyone encouraged not to waste water. More fancy gadgets the public would be willing to buy water use multiplied. As the buzz was building more on any land telling us there was a demand! Thousands of houses built was there a big need statistics only the government held. Groups tried protesting for it not to proceed but fields were still built on. Heavy rains came with more depleted drainage so did the despair and rage. A state of increasing taxes with nothing to show more became classed as poor. Communication with voters becoming very slow the authorities had a strangle hold! As the ban on a non existent drought dragged on more doubters joined the throng! Was there a danger of a growing national threat from people against the elite. Basking in luxury as the masses increasing in debt the drought added more fuel. Restrictions taking away their dignity it turned sour there would be a defining hour. Or is this just a modern nightmare tale? The Foureyed Poet.
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Apr 30, 2012
Apr 30, 2012 at 9:50 AM UTC
Drought!
1. Spread claims you are the only one who can stop corrupt politicians and their dependence on the rich (even though you yourself belong to the rich) 2. Spread lies and insults about anyone who might look like a serious opponent 3. Once you are in power, continue 1. & 2. and put your rich friends into influential positions in state offices and courts, give tax breaks to the rich and claim that everyone benefits from them. Declare any information that runs counter to your lies „fake news“. 4. Invent threats to the security and well-being of the nation and then claim you are the one who can solve all the problems by strict measures, like building a 2,000 mile wall against those criminal immigrants that threaten your people – what the „fake news“ reports as a few thousand refugees from neighboring countries who flee from misery and persecution and crime and hope to get asylum in your country of 350 million. 5. Cut your aid programs for the home countries of those resfugees so that the situation there worsens even more and even more people will try to run for a better life, and you can rhetorically justify inhuman security measures at your borders. 6. On a different field, isolate your country internationally, be the elefant in the china shop, break or end international agreements, destabilize whole regions, and then threaten to send the military – all of which, you tell your voters, makes your country great again. 7. Start trade wars with old global partners, accusing them of taking advantage of your countrty, and when your own economy suffers from such idiocies, calm your afflicted followers with federal subsidies that jolt the nationl deficit to singular heights. 8. Fire (or mob into retirement) any critical person in your government until all your officials speak with your voice. 9. Look around for a worthy cause to be the focus of your consoldidated power. 10. Start a world war and lose it.
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Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019 at 5:21 PM UTC
power games101
1. Spread claims you are the only one who can stop corrupt politicians and their dependence on the rich (even though you yourself belong to the rich) 2. Spread lies and insults about anyone who might look like a serious opponent 3. Once you are in power, continue 1. & 2. and put your rich friends into influential positions in state offices and courts, give tax breaks to the rich and claim that everyone benefits from them. Declare any information that runs counter to your lies „fake news“. 4. Invent threats to the security and well-being of the nation and then claim you are the one who can solve all the problems by strict measures, like building a 2,000 mile wall against those criminal immigrants that threaten your people – what the „fake news“ reports as a few thousand refugees from neighboring countries who flee from misery and persecution and crime and hope to get asylum in your country of 350 million. 5. Cut your aid programs for the home countries of those resfugees so that the situation there worsens even more and even more people will try to run for a better life, and you can rhetorically justify inhuman security measures at your borders. 6. On a different field, isolate your country internationally, be the elefant in the china shop, break or end international agreements, destabilize whole regions, and then threaten to send the military – all of which, you tell your voters, makes your country great again. 7. Start trade wars with old global partners, accusing them of taking advantage of your countrty, and when your own economy suffers from such idiocies, calm your afflicted followers with federal subsidies that jolt the nationl deficit to singular heights. 8. Fire (or mob into retirement) any critical person in your government until all your officials speak with your voice. 9. Look around for a worthy cause to be the focus of your consoldidated power. 10. Start a world war and lose it.
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Questions Please Put up a question please Throw me a question please Question, any question Burning or sensational big or small or silly easy or tough or absurd hypothetical or factual All questions are invited. Only and only questions No Answers at all As I already have answers I have answers to all the questions that ever existed, but ceased to exist today. I have the answers to prevailing questions that are making us crazy day by day I even have the answers to the questions which are still in the future's belly waiting to be born one day in this beautiful and ugly world Questions please All sorts of questions May be from geography or philosophy Or from religion to defence studies It may be from medical science or history Or from space research too Animal husbandry is no taboo Questions on skydiving are also welcome Politics is my all-time favourite although I can answer sports or adventure Questions on corruption are also solicited You can ask on oceanography or calligraphy too I know everything, literally everything but neither I am 'Google' nor 'Bing' I am not even 'Duck Duck Go' nor I claim to be 'Baidu' I guessed your question. You are wondering – "Who am I?" It's very-very simple Man! I am a nasty spokesperson from the ruling party I may be found mostly in television debates as a panelist, as a debator, as a joker as a disturbing element, as a liar as a person making hue and cries You may or may not like my answers, but, please like me, please love me Raise slogans for me, Praise me Make me famous, make me a celebrity But even if you dislike me I don't care, I have my media I have my own followers I also own a troll army I train them perfectly I pay them heavily I spend too much on News media and Social media I have my own trustworthy mob who is always ready for violence anytime and anywhere at any cost whatsoever Beware, I am from the ruling party I inherit a complete readymade system of Investigating agencies, Ready to book anyone on false and frivolous grounds. And it will take years to prove innocence Innocence may be proved, may be disproved This also depends on Money, Power and Links Or the nasty arithmetic of alliance with us in future So if you still chose to dislike me It's your choice, but wait I can still become a minister Or even a prime minister I have the quality to lure voters I have the answers to all the questions That ever existed or are existing Or that are stilling waiting to be born.
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Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019 at 2:16 AM UTC
Questions Please
Questions Please Put up a question please Throw me a question please Question, any question Burning or sensational big or small or silly easy or tough or absurd hypothetical or factual All questions are invited. Only and only questions No Answers at all As I already have answers I have answers to all the questions that ever existed, but ceased to exist today. I have the answers to prevailing questions that are making us crazy day by day I even have the answers to the questions which are still in the future's belly waiting to be born one day in this beautiful and ugly world Questions please All sorts of questions May be from geography or philosophy Or from religion to defence studies It may be from medical science or history Or from space research too Animal husbandry is no taboo Questions on skydiving are also welcome Politics is my all-time favourite although I can answer sports or adventure Questions on corruption are also solicited You can ask on oceanography or calligraphy too I know everything, literally everything but neither I am 'Google' nor 'Bing' I am not even 'Duck Duck Go' nor I claim to be 'Baidu' I guessed your question. You are wondering – "Who am I?" It's very-very simple Man! I am a nasty spokesperson from the ruling party I may be found mostly in television debates as a panelist, as a debator, as a joker as a disturbing element, as a liar as a person making hue and cries You may or may not like my answers, but, please like me, please love me Raise slogans for me, Praise me Make me famous, make me a celebrity But even if you dislike me I don't care, I have my media I have my own followers I also own a troll army I train them perfectly I pay them heavily I spend too much on News media and Social media I have my own trustworthy mob who is always ready for violence anytime and anywhere at any cost whatsoever Beware, I am from the ruling party I inherit a complete readymade system of Investigating agencies, Ready to book anyone on false and frivolous grounds. And it will take years to prove innocence Innocence may be proved, may be disproved This also depends on Money, Power and Links Or the nasty arithmetic of alliance with us in future So if you still chose to dislike me It's your choice, but wait I can still become a minister Or even a prime minister I have the quality to lure voters I have the answers to all the questions That ever existed or are existing Or that are stilling waiting to be born.
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The Great Debate started, Parliament was the open forest, electors were divided into two groups— Sir Fox's, and The Lion's, The first group wanted to overthrow the Lion from the sovereign head of the forest, It was a tough job to confront Lion directly, So, Sir Fox, appointed a Monkey as the Chief campaigner, and that monkey appointed other monkeys in the business, Scaring them with a story of vanishing trees, and living on the land increases the mortality rate if Lion Party continues. Monkey, the chief campaigner exclaimed, “We are not living in the rule of law but in the rule of Lion, All are equal, but the continuous target of a particular community, Like a beautiful deer, by another community in majority should be banned, Deers bring historic and aesthetic significance to the forest And need to be treated as the same,” Deers bellowed gleefully hearing this. Cows felt hurt, their exclusion from Monkey’s speech proved to be a setback to the Fox’s Party, Cows were the most targeted community by the Carnivores, everyone in the forest knew, Potential voters were lost to Lion’s Party. Polarising speeches of Chief continued, It brought Rhinoceros to its side, Seeing rhino in political rallies, Hippopotamus chipped in, To counter the increasing weight Political advisor of Lion, i.e, Tiger, persuaded Elephant to become an official member of their party. Hate speeches increased in numbers Giraffe, the bearer and upholder of law, Overlooked everything, the long neck looked tilted towards an ideology. Rumours became truth, truth became rumour Monkey was good in it, And an army of monkeys were excellent. Parrots, Pigeons, Peacock, **** Cuckoo, Cat, Loved the importance they got, Disseminated the Fox loving songs. The listeners felt threatened, They had an enemy living between them and they were considering them friends, They thanked the Parrot, Pigeon, Peacock for pointing them out. Now, biped hated quadruped, Quadruped hated reptiles, Reptiles did the same to amphibians, And in this way the whole animal kingdom danced in chaos, The fiery speeches of Sir Fox helped in creating illusion, The slogan of the Man as a common enemy was changed to, Feline as a common enemy, Felines joined Sir Fox’s Party, And Canines ran to Lion’s Party, Obvious was difficult to observe Obscure was easy to see. to be continued
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Oct 23, 2021
Oct 23, 2021 at 3:22 PM UTC
The Great Debate -- A Satire
The Great Debate started, Parliament was the open forest, electors were divided into two groups— Sir Fox's, and The Lion's, The first group wanted to overthrow the Lion from the sovereign head of the forest, It was a tough job to confront Lion directly, So, Sir Fox, appointed a Monkey as the Chief campaigner, and that monkey appointed other monkeys in the business, Scaring them with a story of vanishing trees, and living on the land increases the mortality rate if Lion Party continues. Monkey, the chief campaigner exclaimed, “We are not living in the rule of law but in the rule of Lion, All are equal, but the continuous target of a particular community, Like a beautiful deer, by another community in majority should be banned, Deers bring historic and aesthetic significance to the forest And need to be treated as the same,” Deers bellowed gleefully hearing this. Cows felt hurt, their exclusion from Monkey’s speech proved to be a setback to the Fox’s Party, Cows were the most targeted community by the Carnivores, everyone in the forest knew, Potential voters were lost to Lion’s Party. Polarising speeches of Chief continued, It brought Rhinoceros to its side, Seeing rhino in political rallies, Hippopotamus chipped in, To counter the increasing weight Political advisor of Lion, i.e, Tiger, persuaded Elephant to become an official member of their party. Hate speeches increased in numbers Giraffe, the bearer and upholder of law, Overlooked everything, the long neck looked tilted towards an ideology. Rumours became truth, truth became rumour Monkey was good in it, And an army of monkeys were excellent. Parrots, Pigeons, Peacock, **** Cuckoo, Cat, Loved the importance they got, Disseminated the Fox loving songs. The listeners felt threatened, They had an enemy living between them and they were considering them friends, They thanked the Parrot, Pigeon, Peacock for pointing them out. Now, biped hated quadruped, Quadruped hated reptiles, Reptiles did the same to amphibians, And in this way the whole animal kingdom danced in chaos, The fiery speeches of Sir Fox helped in creating illusion, The slogan of the Man as a common enemy was changed to, Feline as a common enemy, Felines joined Sir Fox’s Party, And Canines ran to Lion’s Party, Obvious was difficult to observe Obscure was easy to see. to be continued
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He’s a spoiled rich kid In the land of the one percent. He feels no remorse for Those who can’t pay their rent. He’s popular with fools And a bunch of toothless boozers All the while laughing And calling them all losers. The favorite son of the GOP Says nothing with specificity. He just makes vague promises He has no idea what his platform is. He only knows if he stirs up hate He will win certain delegates. He won’t be held to the fire Half-truths work for him just fine. He’d prefer you not inquire. Nobody makes him toe the line. He is paraphrasing fascism Like he’s the one who invented it. It’s like Germany in 1930s They could have easily prevented it. The favorite son of the GOP Says nothing with specificity. He just makes vague promises He has no idea what his platform is. He only knows if he stirs up hate He will win certain delegates. Here’s the way to make it Work the best for a new dictatorship. You take the populace along On your traveling one-man ego trip After your party has published Scurrilous big lies about the opposition Then spread a lot more rumors Which gives the voters their ammunition. The favorite son of the GOP Says nothing with specificity. He just makes vague promises He has no idea what his platform is. He only knows if he stirs up hate He will win certain delegates.
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Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 3:35 PM UTC
DICTATORSHIP USA USA USA
The hinky stinky spider Spun a crooked web. His mama called him, Said “You stop that, Jeb!” Jeb the hinky spider Pays nobody mind. He stumbles on his way Just as if he’s blind. The hinky stinky spider Spins webs around DC Pulling in Republicans To his philosophy. They do not notice His mind is awful dim. That is because they Are half as bright as him. The hinky stinky spider Spins old and faulty tales. Knows half the voters Will fall for all his wails. Hoping he is lucky Like his brother Dub And gets himself elected Resulting from a flub. The hinky stinky spider Looks just like a man Looks very much like A normal also-ran. Hopes he can win with What he thinks is fame Based on ignoring The blight upon his name.
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Jul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 7:06 AM UTC
THE HINKY STINKY SPIDER
Trump STILL can't stand the thought That Clinton won the popular vote. In efforts to cause a major distraction, He's keeping the voting fraud rumor afloat. Clinton received two point eight Million more votes than he-- Votes from voters physically present Or votes from those voting absentee. He says that he has evidence Of widespread fraud. We can surmise That he has his "alternative facts"-- A handy euphemism for lies. It's a preposterous, baseless claim, A mere BELIEF that he maintains, Another false conspiracy theory, An insult to people who use their brains. Voting fraud is an issue That Trump loves to keep in his sights. For him it's a very useful excuse To go after voting rights. If there was so much voting fraud, The chances of which are very slim, Does Trump ever wonder how many Fraudulent votes went to him? The more he whines, the more he harps-- He's even driving Republicans mad!-- The more he loses the smattering Of credibility that he once had. - by Bob B (1-24-17)
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Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 at 8:48 AM UTC
It Continues
Marines call to say hello, impress. I'm over 35 but my boys 19. They could go: Hide! One moment spent tying a shoe, another dying, gunshot wound or poisoned food. Events in their mere chronology                                                        make no sense. And the details of yr dad's life don't either.                                                                         Late night quiet cigarette smoker. But next day, the butts cleaned into the can. Who does that? Lady in a skirt or overalls rolled up - cigarette smoke. Now it's yr dad.                             Yr dad who                                                  watches for war. Even if Uncle Sam disbands, dissolves we the people will still be here and stay involved with North America. The purple mountains majesty                            and shining seas little people, big people, brown, red, and white. Addicted                            to action movies. Perhaps there is no choice. One must sit, sitting still                            as a buddha, sitting bull. I can imagine myself and all others - drivers, voters, runners -                            little fetal muscles at first. Metastasizing. What's it called when the cell                            at the tip of the ***** or organism, divides, and the ***** grows? It's called                            girl on a bicycle. I find I make no sense. Her **** a practicality to her, is                            delicious to me a miraculous sea lettuce or snapdragon. You've heard it before.                            A moral dilemma wrapped in robes and silks and odors. Yet, come close,                            and business beckons work gets done, life goes on, hair grows in, we go on                            vacation the Marine Corps calls, desperate for new fetuses to teach                            purposeful workmanlike killing I'll do my own killing, thanks, when violence comes to the       neighborhood                            if I've got your back your back's gotten and if I'm on point, the point's taken. One world under God invisible with liberty and justice for all who                            Art in heaven what the hell's his name.                                           Nemesis.                                                           Hysterical. The small war of an especially inept empire. The world's too big to swallow as the Krauts and Nips found out. Empire is self-correcting. Them dark-skinned mustachioed ********* who can't fix their own electricity seem to be kicking our ***** pert good. As did the ***** before them. All to the good. A good lesson to know and then we all become friends following the brawl. We apparently cannot skip the fight. It must be fought, and **** the girls.
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Aug 10, 2015
Aug 10, 2015 at 8:24 PM UTC
Marines Call to Say Hello
Marines call to say hello, impress. I'm over 35 but my boys 19. They could go: Hide! One moment spent tying a shoe, another dying, gunshot wound or poisoned food. Events in their mere chronology                                                        make no sense. And the details of yr dad's life don't either.                                                                         Late night quiet cigarette smoker. But next day, the butts cleaned into the can. Who does that? Lady in a skirt or overalls rolled up - cigarette smoke. Now it's yr dad.                             Yr dad who                                                  watches for war. Even if Uncle Sam disbands, dissolves we the people will still be here and stay involved with North America. The purple mountains majesty                            and shining seas little people, big people, brown, red, and white. Addicted                            to action movies. Perhaps there is no choice. One must sit, sitting still                            as a buddha, sitting bull. I can imagine myself and all others - drivers, voters, runners -                            little fetal muscles at first. Metastasizing. What's it called when the cell                            at the tip of the ***** or organism, divides, and the ***** grows? It's called                            girl on a bicycle. I find I make no sense. Her **** a practicality to her, is                            delicious to me a miraculous sea lettuce or snapdragon. You've heard it before.                            A moral dilemma wrapped in robes and silks and odors. Yet, come close,                            and business beckons work gets done, life goes on, hair grows in, we go on                            vacation the Marine Corps calls, desperate for new fetuses to teach                            purposeful workmanlike killing I'll do my own killing, thanks, when violence comes to the       neighborhood                            if I've got your back your back's gotten and if I'm on point, the point's taken. One world under God invisible with liberty and justice for all who                            Art in heaven what the hell's his name.                                           Nemesis.                                                           Hysterical. The small war of an especially inept empire. The world's too big to swallow as the Krauts and Nips found out. Empire is self-correcting. Them dark-skinned mustachioed ********* who can't fix their own electricity seem to be kicking our ***** pert good. As did the ***** before them. All to the good. A good lesson to know and then we all become friends following the brawl. We apparently cannot skip the fight. It must be fought, and **** the girls.
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India is the biggest democratic state The voters always decide her fate The fate of a political party depends on its popularity The powerful and tactful party gets the majority One party discusses the construction of Rama’s temple Its political, hidden agenda is very simple The other parties talk about secularity It always tries to woo the considerable minority The other leftist parties often talk about the poor But they never get their votes for sure Before the election liquor flows like a river Voters get money notes in a beautiful cover The luckiest party grabs the power The elected members try to climb the tower Corruption seems to be the order of the day No part is likely to show the right way In democracy, parties are meant To be different. But that is not quite apparant
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Feb 9, 2011
Feb 9, 2011 at 5:00 AM UTC
POLITICS IN DEMOCRACY
Stinky and Hinky Both egregious pigs Set out to **** us all; They don't care a fig If all of us starve to death As long as they get rich. Stinky and Hinky Each a venal summabitch! Stinky hired Hinky Two minds, one sewer. Stinky had no talent But Hinky was newer. Many people doubted That either had a chance But over half the voters Chose to skip the dance. So we got two reprobates With no regard for us. So, without much fanfare And no legitimate fuss The country got overrun Crooks got left in office. Now they all are setting out To, once and for all, off us. Stinky is a ***** And Hinky is a bigot. They crap on the Constitution. And expect us all to dig it. Stinky uses the USA As his personal ATM. Hinky is just evil. We’ve had enough of him.
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Mar 22, 2017
Mar 22, 2017 at 5:22 PM UTC
STINKY AND HINKY
our lives are fraught with numbers so many fractions of a second faster in a race   most wins on record   best jury votes highest flight   deepest dive   most goals meters of rising sea levels millions of refugees   and more displaced tens of thousands  honor killings thousands of deaths with Ebola   millions of Zika virus victims next year billions of deficit or profit in import/export     or the stock exchange votes in elections    or for beauty queens polls    tweets   virtual friends  & followers likes on the social media    on hellopoetry we have been taught to measure our status our importance   and the significance of our lives in clicks of other peoples’ digital devices even our time has been reduced to numbers the digital has long replaced the comprehensive instead of the round dial that shows 12 hours     suggesting the duration of a normal day we have a punctual display  without the whole the cyclical has lost against the linear 0101010101010101010101010101010101 we all look forward to our numbered future no past  and very little present our hands on smart phones    homes    TVs     pushing a button makes things move     swishing a screen displays the world over all that we easily forget that we ourselves have been reduced to numbers     of customers for businesses     of voters for the politicians     of workers for the corporations     of citizens for our nations digital quantities we have become and if we take a global view we are part of the seven billion plus that currently inhabit our earth all of which do expect their individuality be honored  and their dignity respected numbers don’t  honor individuality they simply count the units items  or people  are for them the same it’s left to us to find a way that leaves the numbers in their place yet guarantees us dignity as individual members of the human race
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Feb 1, 2016
Feb 1, 2016 at 6:19 PM UTC
the numbers game
our lives are fraught with numbers so many fractions of a second faster in a race   most wins on record   best jury votes highest flight   deepest dive   most goals meters of rising sea levels millions of refugees   and more displaced tens of thousands  honor killings thousands of deaths with Ebola   millions of Zika virus victims next year billions of deficit or profit in import/export     or the stock exchange votes in elections    or for beauty queens polls    tweets   virtual friends  & followers likes on the social media    on hellopoetry we have been taught to measure our status our importance   and the significance of our lives in clicks of other peoples’ digital devices even our time has been reduced to numbers the digital has long replaced the comprehensive instead of the round dial that shows 12 hours     suggesting the duration of a normal day we have a punctual display  without the whole the cyclical has lost against the linear 0101010101010101010101010101010101 we all look forward to our numbered future no past  and very little present our hands on smart phones    homes    TVs     pushing a button makes things move     swishing a screen displays the world over all that we easily forget that we ourselves have been reduced to numbers     of customers for businesses     of voters for the politicians     of workers for the corporations     of citizens for our nations digital quantities we have become and if we take a global view we are part of the seven billion plus that currently inhabit our earth all of which do expect their individuality be honored  and their dignity respected numbers don’t  honor individuality they simply count the units items  or people  are for them the same it’s left to us to find a way that leaves the numbers in their place yet guarantees us dignity as individual members of the human race
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In the Presidential Palace, the steaks are served up seared. There’s an excellent wine cellar for meals expertly prepared. The Palace is cool in summer; in winter it's toasty warm, And Maduro and his spouse are always safe and free from harm. In the streets of Venezuela there is anger and despair. Inflation is the problem but why should Maduro care. The store shelves are nearly empty; most people live in fear There is ****** done in daylight and the sense that chaos nears. This was once a beautiful, Prosperous land, the envy of the South. Then a populist Socialist came to drive investors out. Now a nation, resource rich, has been importing oil, a nation whose own oil reserves are the greatest in the world. His critics?- dead or imprisoned; the media is controlled There’s no term limits on his rule. Voters do as they are told. Demonstrators, even peaceful, can be shot down in the street While Maduro sips his wine and decides what next he’ll have to eat.
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Nov 12, 2018
Nov 12, 2018 at 7:27 AM UTC
The Blessings (?) of Venezuelan Socialism
A candidate from Springfield town Confused, was wandering all around He addressed the voters with a grin, “I do not know what state I’m in, But we're headed toward election day And here's a game you all can play!" The game is "Voting Booth Roulette" Spin the wheel and place a bet Put all your money down on me I think as voters you'll agree That a vote for me is a **** good bet Here’s a list of what you’ll get: Fewer jobs and Higher taxes Shredded emails, notes and faxes Promises That I won’t keep Longer work hours Much less sleep Construction work on every road Less money for the schools More politician pensions, yes Vote for me, my betting fools." PwL  5/26/15
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May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015 at 6:37 PM UTC
Voting Booth Roulette
Hush all you voters, don’t say a word Or you’ll be sued by a great big **** He’s loud, obnoxious and has orange hair. You can hear him lying almost everywhere. He thinks he’s rich and a moral man But actually he’s just like the Ku Klux **** He has an endless supply of brainless rants Aimed at non-whites and the immigrants. He thinks it is time we let morality pass And started kicking some immigrant *** And if that immigrant’s mouth grows fat Trumpy gonna hit him with a baseball bat. And if that immigrant acts sad.. Trumpy gonna treat them like Islamabad. If Mexico gets ****** at all. Trumpy gonna build up a great big wall. And if the taxpayers say ‘No!’ Trumpy says he’ll bill it to Mexico. Trumpy says he can shoot people too And anything else he wants to do. Trumpy is counting on the Democrats To stay home election day and sit on their pratts. If the voters in this country don’t soon wise up. There won’t be any peace until Niagara dries up.
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Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 10:51 PM UTC
HUSH LITTLE BABY (PARODY)
I have a new big brother He's dressed in tory blue He's not just my big brother I think he's your bro too! He sits up in his tower Pulling strings across the land But when a string of his should break It's not his *** that gets canned I found out my incumbent Goes to Africa every year In fact I'm told he stays there For as long as he stays here I don't really believe it But you know it must be true My Big Brother called to tell me I'm surprised that he got through Six months away is what we're told Glen Pearson spent away But tales like this sound more like they Were told by Stockwell Day So late at night, my phone did ring To tell me how to vote They told me how the Liberals Were up the creek without a boat I know that I'm supposed to go To the church across the street That's where the poll is and I know It's where our local voters meet But when my bro called down to me And said, "You don't go there" This time you vote in Ingersoll There is no line up there My big brother said we were wrong His party would not stoop To do phone calls to folks like us That was a bunch of **** Why would he lie, he is the King I've read his license plate He's my brother, one I'm told That holds on to my fate His party gave out tax rewards To companies for jobs They took all of the money And they closed the shop down....slobs It's funny how one person can Phone ridings, not one missed But I can't get their calls to stop And I'm on the no call list Robo calling is what it is A heinous crime at best Nixon used it in the States Although he never did confess Comparing my Big Brother now To Tricky Dicky Nixon Well, I've got to say Those PC's sure know just the way to fix one. To hang one man out for this task It surely can't be true I wonder if he'll change his mind And his suit of Tory Blue I ask around and all I hear is I voted NDP So, how in hell, explain to me they'e a majority I know that my Big Brother Would not do such a thing Excuse me for a moment But my phone's about to ring!
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Jun 30, 2012
Jun 30, 2012 at 6:59 PM UTC
My Big Brother
I have a new big brother He's dressed in tory blue He's not just my big brother I think he's your bro too! He sits up in his tower Pulling strings across the land But when a string of his should break It's not his *** that gets canned I found out my incumbent Goes to Africa every year In fact I'm told he stays there For as long as he stays here I don't really believe it But you know it must be true My Big Brother called to tell me I'm surprised that he got through Six months away is what we're told Glen Pearson spent away But tales like this sound more like they Were told by Stockwell Day So late at night, my phone did ring To tell me how to vote They told me how the Liberals Were up the creek without a boat I know that I'm supposed to go To the church across the street That's where the poll is and I know It's where our local voters meet But when my bro called down to me And said, "You don't go there" This time you vote in Ingersoll There is no line up there My big brother said we were wrong His party would not stoop To do phone calls to folks like us That was a bunch of **** Why would he lie, he is the King I've read his license plate He's my brother, one I'm told That holds on to my fate His party gave out tax rewards To companies for jobs They took all of the money And they closed the shop down....slobs It's funny how one person can Phone ridings, not one missed But I can't get their calls to stop And I'm on the no call list Robo calling is what it is A heinous crime at best Nixon used it in the States Although he never did confess Comparing my Big Brother now To Tricky Dicky Nixon Well, I've got to say Those PC's sure know just the way to fix one. To hang one man out for this task It surely can't be true I wonder if he'll change his mind And his suit of Tory Blue I ask around and all I hear is I voted NDP So, how in hell, explain to me they'e a majority I know that my Big Brother Would not do such a thing Excuse me for a moment But my phone's about to ring!
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*Italic drumroll... imperial cavalcade with Roman horns, eagle standards raised*; ♪ ♫♪♫ ♪♪♫♫♪♪♫♫♪♪♫♫♪ ALL HAIL ! Ye screen-fed sacrificial citizens, seething simpletons and volatile voters: attend now, with republican fervor, tempered by democratic zeal, to the golden-tongued orator of our epoch, gallant guardian of American greatness, avatar of avarice, the Jeffersonian gentleman, anointed autocrat and Sultan of Swell, windswept Wazir of Wonderful, emissary of towering eminence in empire, The Anti H-Rod: Donald J. TRUMP ! (Plebeians look up from their circus-bread for a second—) And may Our Sovereign Savior & Almighty God also bless his worthy opponent and adversary *HILLARY ("H-Rod")* (Patricians murmur, nod; a few salute)
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 5:22 PM UTC
Of Debatable Importance
As we get closer to inauguration day for President selected Donald Trump, I've got a few things I'd like to mention. I say this in no offense to Trump voters, I say this in no offense to Hillary voters. No matter which political party you voted for; I wrote this for the reason that somebody has to. On the night of November 9th, while the masses followed their leader. I witnessed a gay vs. gay aggression. Or should I say, Hillary vs. Trump attack. This confused me, considering it's his American right to have voted for Trump. Suddenly it dawned on me. If one man almost got beaten and kick out of a bar for who he felt in his heart to vote for; Oh boy, we're in trouble. The bartender didn't even want to serve him seeing he voted differently. Sooner than later, I'll be hated for the God I choose to praise to. Call it ludicrous, but He's been hated on since the beginning of time. Why would it be any different for us? The one who believe. **"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you." John 15:18** As the division continues to grow louder and stronger in our country this next week. Take heed. This world is dark enough, don't let them take your faith too. Even as love is at the brink of extinction, continue choosing love before hatred. Let's not add to it. If you don't have a clue what that looks like, just keep looking UP. **For wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12**
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Jan 14, 2017
Jan 14, 2017 at 12:06 AM UTC
Spiritual Warfare
As we get closer to inauguration day for President selected Donald Trump, I've got a few things I'd like to mention. I say this in no offense to Trump voters, I say this in no offense to Hillary voters. No matter which political party you voted for; I wrote this for the reason that somebody has to. On the night of November 9th, while the masses followed their leader. I witnessed a gay vs. gay aggression. Or should I say, Hillary vs. Trump attack. This confused me, considering it's his American right to have voted for Trump. Suddenly it dawned on me. If one man almost got beaten and kick out of a bar for who he felt in his heart to vote for; Oh boy, we're in trouble. The bartender didn't even want to serve him seeing he voted differently. Sooner than later, I'll be hated for the God I choose to praise to. Call it ludicrous, but He's been hated on since the beginning of time. Why would it be any different for us? The one who believe. **"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you." John 15:18** As the division continues to grow louder and stronger in our country this next week. Take heed. This world is dark enough, don't let them take your faith too. Even as love is at the brink of extinction, continue choosing love before hatred. Let's not add to it. If you don't have a clue what that looks like, just keep looking UP. **For wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12**
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Ancient Athens demonstrated a demise of democracy into despair and squalor at the hands of the voters. Ancient Rome recounts a reduction of a Republic into nationalist rancor at the hands of the state. The United States of America is a sort-of culmination of both; of how a Democratic Republic may fail, impoverishing and subjugating it's own as well as it's proximity, reducing itself and any it can drag with it from a respectful idealization of Human Experience to a bloodthirsty, greedy, vapid shell of Fascisms past.
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Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 at 1:27 PM UTC
Democratic Republic
President Comb-Over, Quite the despicable guy Got himself elected But the wise folk wonder why. Obama wore a tan suit Conservatives went insane, But this Wimpy lookalike butterball Sports a totally artificial mane. If ****** predation were a soccer game This **** would win The World Cup. If you ignored the news and his tweets You’d think someone made this horror show up. He’s lied and cheated and swindled his way In to more lucrative deals than he deserved Then a large minority of certifiable idiots Elected him so he could to pretend to serve. He took the Oath of Office, quite smugly But that’s where his integrity would end. He set about making deals for himself His trophy wives, his offspring and friends. He made few attempts to cover his tracks, Mostly just shouted blatantly obvious lies By which he was fooling no one intelligent. Just the moronic, the foolish and unwise. He relied on the vagaries of human nature That voters are among the laziest humans And would rather vote for a rascal it seems Than take a chance on an honest new man Or woman, or gay or an experienced soul That could take over the Presidential reins Instead of driving our country straight to hell And making huge profits off the remains. Brent Kincaid 4/23/2019
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Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019 at 2:46 PM UTC
PRESIDENT COMB-OVER
Sara L Russell 17/3/15 at 13:25 What will they say of you in future times? Were they duped by your duplicity or did you fall on your double-edged sword? Was the devil we knew any better than the unknown? The future has a way of arriving early. Are you ready now, for what it yet may bring? Will you be knighted, or, benighted and beleaguered, Fall fallow by the wayside of your ways? Will the name of Cameron carry on, Whatever else is lost or left behind? Will David slay the apocolyptic giant of global warming, yet terminate the service of National Health? Was it wealth, or a poverty of emotional maturity that led to such flotations and privatisations? what sensations did you feel, did you reach referendum, did you feel the earth move? We never saw your manifesto made manifest. We, the voters who voted not for you, yet saw you rise, anticipate your fall. Do promises count as any kind of plan? And the future is arriving post-haste, like a present waiting to be unwrapped. Elections have a way of arriving early. We are ready, with a big sharp X.
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Mar 17, 2015
Mar 17, 2015 at 9:35 AM UTC
The Name of Cameron
Men and women for election, Listen to the crowds, Reflect desires to perfection, Echo murmurs loud. Elected, the voters exult If their candidates win, Curse under losing result... Plot to get themselves in. Either way, time isn't long, Voters lose first love; Officials begin to look wrong, And politics gives 'em a shove. We never quite see We're electing ourselves; Candidates riding on mirrors; Shiny reflections scream while we yell Our demands or feed on our fears. Soon plans we've made turn to dust; Politicos fail us; The system breaks down; The party clogs with inertia and rust, Until the next campaign comes 'round. Want to see what we'll get? Take a look in the mirror... What we see gives us reason For fretting and fear. True mirrors, our best politicians; Can only reflect what they see... If we kneel to offer petitions, Ourselves will pay for our pleas.
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Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 8:41 AM UTC
**** Politicians?
With the tightfisted budget now handed down There is a lot of ****** off people in our nation's towns Mr Hockey has hit the taxpayers with a double decker bus High and low income earners put well into a binding truss Revolt in the Senate Chamber is showing on the cards The government will be in receipt of a few shrapnel shards Legislation won't get passed in a timely manner There will be the flying of a double dissolution banner Then the Abbott mob will be well and truly stumped Voters are itching to have the extra tax imposts bumped Canberra shall shortly be in for an enormous rattling Heft taxing has the nation's populous struggling and battling Had the GST been set at fourteen percent and on everything Our tax burden to-day wouldn't be so troubling Government must learn to live within its boundaries As the tax paying public are sickening of all the levees Tax policy is in need of urgent attention too right For parliamentarians don't seem to see our plight Mr Shorten has stated that his mob can fix our woes But his side of politics has not the scent of a rose We are stuck with a budget which has us ******* down And it offers us nothing of the lights in mirthful town The treasury calculator has a very mean spirited spike Twill there ever be a tax regime which we'll all like
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May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014 at 7:54 AM UTC
The Budget