Yes We Can!!!!!!

El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
wrote this last night, only a first draft....i don't like using corporate twice at the end, but i'm not in a mood to edit it now

'Yes We Can!!'

mass denials
whispered to me from the television
through and through your words ring so hollow
and your neon sign of 'change' ain't foolin me
and it's beyond your party's indiscretions
all rhetoric but no substance
change doesn't come from what you say in between election cycles
and it'll never come from just giving in
and that's why i have to put my foot down
really, it's my obligation
maybe 1 day you'll find
ideals mean more than 4 years of bragging rights
and don't tell me to quiet down
i've got just as much right as you
there isn't much difference from where i stand
between you and a moral coward
and i'm far too familiar w/ this road of inaction you're headed down
so you'll have to excuse that i refuse to follow
empty words
are all that come out
of your
fucking mouth
you speak in fairy tales and in circles
are you incapable of telling the truth for just one moment?
but you sound so resolute
so hopeful
promising me change that i can believe in
but how will you bring change by protecting the status quo?
i will no longer take part
in your apathetic corporate charade
the only way i could waste my vote
is to cast it for a corporate fraud
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    is this a political piece?
    scanning thru it i guess it is.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • silent tsilent t Posts: 50
    I was totally misled by the title. I was expecting to read a Bob the Builder piece.
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    chadwick wrote:
    is this a political piece?
    scanning thru it i guess it is.


    yes, it is
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    El_Kabong wrote:
    and i'm far too familiar w/ this road of inaction you're head down


    damn....should be headed
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Thumbs up!
    You've changed your place in this world!
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