2017

it's 2016 and it appears

the pachyderms are playing

games of contract bridge and

whist in small circles,

small circles where free time

and skin color similarity

are a dime per dozen

and the jackasses are

embroiled in an internal

battle of the genders

and where they live

left of center

back when the news distortionist

whined and complained about the

coming American ruination,

America herself was in a drug haze

but recovering from it and nowadays,

she's checked herself into rehab but

her recovery is probably mooted if

the main competitors for ship's captain

win outright

she could convulse her

into organ failure if a

civil war or something worse

occurs maybe

but that's speculation now

like that documentary was

speculation then

the whole truth of it all is this:

politics is a farce in bronze,

a shell game in stone,

a legacy cast in carbonite

and the doomsayers never

seem to be right no matter

how hard they try

fractally wrong was the distortionist

and fractally wrong was this poet

it's 2016 and we're still here and

2017 is looking to be the same way

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Disillusionment and frustration is the order of the day when there are no winners, only bigger losers.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Still feels that way all these months later. Thank you much.

[Ruth]

Same agenda just a different year, perhaps and the game goes on and all sides are the same just different suits and claims and the years become unidentifiable because the masses focus on the distraction from reality :) Brilliant :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

I have to agree, Poppy. It's all about voting the least of all evils in our respective spheres. Thank you very much.

[Pryde Foltz]

the whole truth of it all is this:
politics is a farce in bronze,
a shell game in stone,
a legacy cast in carbonite
and the doomsayers never
seem to be right no matter
how hard they try

Bravo, Kenneth. Insightful and oh so witty:)

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Pryde. I greatly appreciate it.

[wordman]

i believe you may be on to something,worst generation i have ever seen

[Kenneth The Poet]

I think I've taken comfort in the fact that even though we are losing our way, I still think we won't do ourselves in. We like being alive.

[wordman]

buddy,we are at the door !