POETRY

What we apparently want

April 21, 2016

the candidates for governing

the nation are providing

entertainment for the voters

who are glad to have a​​ 

moment of levity in

an otherwise dismal​​ 

environment and

seeing little hope​​ for a

future,​​ they​​ are happy

​​ to exchange​​ it​​ for a

moment of pleasure

so that they will have

something more​​ to distract

​​ them​​ than

housewives

​​ or​​ househunters​​ 

or​​ survivors​​ 

or horny bachelors

pretending to search​​ 

for a lifetime of love​​ 

from a trophy wife

that they got on a cableTV

show based on 60 minutes

of intense fantasy dating.

Scripts are not needed, just

go with the flow, let it

just happen as if reality

was just happenstance

without work or investment

of time and energy.

our government will become

what we tolerate

and the winners are

glad to live down to our

expectations and they

will be happy to dine on our

future while we​​ wonder

why we are hungry

for something more.

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