Fair and Balanced Indeed

Clever claims

Of neutrality

Speaking to a world that’s gone insane

War is not a game

But one played in a torn nation that I was told

One September would never be the same

Patriots born from tragedy

All it took was innocent lives to make them defend its name

Speak to hyperbole and gift wrap propaganda, call it the news

Where does one draw the line between the truth and a view?

Belligerent bull s**t, seasoned with the flavor of misguided purpose

Ringmaster to a 24/7 circus

We call home, losing the bravest of the brave to service

Only to tell them thanks but don’t deserve to be happy

Forget the circumstances, his word is the verdict

Patronize people with pomposity and a pretense of ’patriotism’ that’s false

Played like peer pressure political pundits are never at fault

Clean hands like Pontius it’s yours to bear

Rose scented s**t guilt for you to wear

You didn’t light the match

You just dumped the gas

So,

High and mighty, proud and caring until election time and you lose

Now it’s your ideology that’s being beaten blue and bruised

Play the part of the victim, the accused

Gloves come off and any tactic you crucified when used

Is now excused

Because it’s you

I was Un-American when I spoke my mind about the laws he broke

Now you call his replacement a socialist when he ran a campaign on hope?

And all of the sudden like it’s nothing

That makes you more of a patriot than me?

You’re a Christian and push hatred from sea to shining sea

What you fail to realize is you’re perpetuating the problems

Keeping us down

The hand once bitten on the back of our head help us drown

The foot that continues to trip is up

That has enabled the system to remain corrupt

Playing one card one year you crucify it the next

Give none but expect respect

I forgive their ignorance

But not the arrogance

Make the dots connect

Author's Note

Still a rough copy