Political Poem: TIRED OF IT, by James Meany

The whole worlds gone crazy
It’s mad and I’m tired of it
I’m tired of corrupt politicians
Lecturing to me about values
I’m tired of nuns, guns
Jesus freaks and new age messiahs/
Here to expound on truth
And show us The Way
Bad faith blowhard risk frauds
Who condemn to death at least
700 good faith clents a day
I’m tired of performance theater churches
Stocked with well groomed and attractive pulpiteers
Who sermonize peace and eternal salvation
to sadly misguided fools for price
And all those phony smiling
Narcissistic bent mutha fucka’s
Who at the start present as so nice
I’m tired of Wallstreet bankers
Government wankers
As far as I’m concerned
They’re all full of shit
I’m tired of it
I’m tired of US federal govt hypocrisy
Their Lock em up and comodify
Throw away the Con along with the key
slave wage labor for profit philosophy
I’m tired of our never ending war based economy
Propaganda disguised as educaton
An uninformed, unconcerned distracted population
Elected officials bribed
By flim flam corporations
Fabricated news spread
By partisan hack organizations
I’m tired of flicking through the channels
And seeing bullshit hucksters on my tv
All those good christian government officials
Spewing racist fictions about brown refugees
I’m tired of the 5 o’clock news
Adds about feminine freshness, dependable douches
And all that I can’t believe it’s a bra shit
Hell, I’m tired of eating fried eggs
I can’t help but think
that’s what my brain must look like

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