06.06.05
Republican Rewards
The Bush creed is simply greed.
Super rich make up his base,
they give cash to fill the need
to flood the airwaves with his face.
Like a carnival pitchman with stacks
of wooden bottles and three baseballs
for a dollar, he promises a lower tax
if you hit the target and a bottle falls.
Almost everybody misses, but the top
.01 % get a panda big enough for everyone.
The rest of us will get a little sop,
and maybe the right to carry a gun.
I love the middle stanza – the rhyme is subtle. I think there might be a better phrase than “save enough for everyone” – something that echoes the carny image. Can you work in something about the game being fixed?
Sop is one of my favorite words.
comment at 06. June 2005