Disillusioned, Disenfranchised

Never put your faith in a snake

Vipers form democratic parties

Which are really personality cults -

Built around people, not ideas.

Politicians form alliances -

Political marriages of convenience;

Join in unholy matrimony

Not with others of like mind,

But with whoever will offer them

The largest slice of the national cake

Some will even side with criminals

If the price is right.

 

Sworn enemies

Make for strange bedfellows -

Just five years ago

My people were instructed

To kill their people

Our leaders told us they were the enemy

This time around

That same leader

Is backing their leader

And suddenly we’re friends again.

 

The Politics of Mathematics

The formula for victory

Is to divide the country tribally

Make them take the real issues

Out of the equation;

Add some fancy slogans

To multiply our followers

Make sure they don’t realize

Something doesn't add up

When I say our people are being finished

By years of incompetent governance

Yet I’m asking to be your MP

For the fourth consecutive time…

 

That’s why years come and years go

And everything stays the same

Nothing ever changes

Because of me and you.

 

Yet Parliament is supposed to be

A representation of the people, no?

A cross-section of the best

Our society has to offer…

A reflection of the people,

Of who we really are

’Cause we voted the best of us

To be our voice…

 

So when the August house

Is filled, all year round

With liars, thieves and murderers,

Thugs and pilferers,

Semi-literate, hate-propagating

Closed-minded, ignorant charlatans…

 

What does that say about us?