Half a Loaf

 Half life                             2/25/2016

For half a life

We all swallowed the bait

Believing in a world of ideas

That were never true at all. 

We listened to speakers

Who made their best case

Appealing to our sensibilities

On how to chart a course.

But in the end

It was all pretend

A parliamentary trick

To divide up the loot

Providing a comfortable life

No matter who should win.

Trading spaces

And trading places

Just to keep us going

A fake fight

To please the masses

Dumb in the dark. 

All bought with gravy

Filling every plate

Laughing at the people

No better than tools. 

They ask for money

And they track our every thoughts

Betting on ignorance

And greed. 

Buying off the foolish

With almost nothing at all

And kicking the can

Down the street

For all of us to pay.  

If you are awake

They you are the enemy

A person to be ignored,

Or ridiculed. 

Marginalized and diluted

Until we all pass away

The fruits of a middle class

Attacked and condemned. 

Funny how it works out

Just like it was written

As the bar is lowered

And all the beasts rush in. 

Set up for the slaughter

Reduced expectations are the norm

As the young and most vulnerable

Never see the light of day. 

Because if you cannot remember

You cannot know

The difference between

The truth and a lie. 

Those with much to lose

Will fight tooth and nail

Anything to win

And get what they want. 

We who remain

Must only wait and watch

Watching for every sign

That most assuredly will come

Drenched in blood.