#reruns

no matter who gets s/elected

to play the role

they are selling us more war

which rich old white guy 

represents me 

or anything i stand for 

or believe in? 

the nazi or the vampire? 

how about none of the above?

summabeetch

because you shouldn't have to
explain to the hippies
that the man isn't their friend
but here they are telling me
who should i vote for

you had your chance
you lost the fight
your revolution failed
the war never ended
and the equality
you were promised
never was real

"question authority"
except when we don't

some questions

how are you "fighting for freedom" 

when you insist upon forking over 

your power to make your own decisions?

if voting gave us a better government

why don't we have one yet?

emotional triggers

...dialectic and the illusion of choice
and the manufacture of fear and lies
blame game, self destruct
what they do isn't up to you

questions

why don't they just outlaw the manufacture of assault rifles?
does anybody really need a gun designed for war?
(our grease-palmed lawmakers are too afraid to go there)
why do we tolerate these cowards and murderous thugs?
did that lone shooter kill all those people with a semi-automatic?
with a fifteen-round clip? how many reloads would that mean?
or was he using something deadlier, something already illegal?
do the existing laws comfort the dead, dying, and grieving?
would it be insensitive to point out we've heard this song before?
is anybody listening? or just singing along with the crowd?
if you sing long enough and loud enough will you believe it too?

we can't afford politicians anymore. they're too expensive

voting is like...
it's like
flipping a coin
a nickel, say
and hoping
it comes up
a quarter
(april, 2013)

voting never did much of anything but convince the public that we might actually have some say in what the government does in our name.

off with her head!

they want to believe so badly that the system might actually work if we just elect the right person for the job, unaware that their belief is the only thing propping up the whole house of cards.

just because

voting is like being forced at gunpoint to choose which rope you want hung with. the courts are just another special interest group, and the game is cheat 'til you win. they don't represent me.