THE POLITIC OF HOPE
NOT HEEDED?
NOT NEEDED?
THE GAMES AND THE GEMS,
THE GIZMOS AND THE GADGETS,
THE GARMENT AND THE GLAMOR,
STILL FLOOD OUR GARDEN.
ALL IS WELL.
THEN WHY?
Why is the public forum quite convinced?
The quorum forms, is seldom minced,
The crush of cash and goods exchanges.
The manual’s writ, to wit, law rearranges
the how, the what, the when of cost.
This must be spent or all is lost!
We ask:
Epic yesterday, is it flawed,
resting on our shoulders?
Each and all of us is awed!
The Task:
Both formers and molders,
both material and number,
both conduit and by-way,
both vitality and slumber,
both you and I, we and they,
ALL MUST CHOOSE.
ALL MUST MUSE.
ALL MUST USE.
GRAPH THE CHART,
STOCK THE PART,
DREAM THE ART,
PULL THE CART,
PAY THE PRICE,
CARVE THE ICE,
SHOO THE MICE,
ATTRACT THE NICE.
IT’S UP TO YOU AND ME
IN THIS DEMOCRACY.
Where do we go?
And who will say so?
Is this what we’re waiting for
To open future’s door?
TRY:
WHAT PLENTY HAVE WE PLANNED?
WHAT RISK AHEAD IS MANNED?
WHAT SURE AVENUE, WHAT LAND?
WHAT MAINTAINED, WHAT SCANNED
TO BE USED,
NOT ABUSED?
Projections list what is not sure.
Archives inventory what is no more.
Accounts know what just went by;
Tax measures that decree, no lie!
O’ order, do not bend.
Our use-abuse will surely mend.
We try always, watchful, wary.
We know the time. We do not tarry.
We as people strive in honor.
Oh there’s slight, or greed, or con, or…
These are only sides of nature,
Things that color, shade the slate, or
Absolve in partnership with fate and maker.
We praise the giver not the taker!
In all this social beast
a person needs bread and yeast
to rise and fill,
surmise and frill,
balance a price
get a slice.
This is enough to say.
See this balmy day?
Instead,
no dread.
Aren’t we fed?
Aren’t we ahead?
Isn’t it said
It all works out in time?
Don’t tease me. All is fine.
You have yours. I have mine.
What more? Don’t threat of less.
We’re strong enough to face this mess.
What’s that you say?
Another shortage play?
An increase to pay?
Listen. I have too much to do today.
Go away.
OH, CITIZEN, IT IS NOT BUT DUTY WON.
NOT STRUGGLE BUT JOB WELL DONE
TO STRIVE THE DEPTH, TO SEE, TO KNOW;
TO PROVE ADEPT, TO PLAN, TO SHOW;
PROVIDE THE NEED,
SHUN THE GREED,
ASSURE WE’RE FREED.
HERE, I PLEAD
EACH HOLD A KEY,
A PART TO GUARANTEE
OUR GREAT LIBERTY.
NEVER LET IT BE SAID
WE ARE SUCCUMBED BY DREAD.
SPEAK, “DON’T TREAD!”
SHRIEK, “I’M LED
BY LIBERTY’S FORUM,
OUR PEOPLE’S QUORUM!
REASON IS OUR DAY!
JUSTICE IS OUR WAY,
WHISTLES ON THE EAGLE’S WING.
THIS IS WHAT WE DREAM AND SING!”
Then of all we’ve seen or ever knew
It rests on what we say and do,
Regardless the state of style,
The yard of cloth, the mile of smile,
Principal without remorse.
Vision is our course.
Face the trouble!
Burst the bubble!
Dissolve our pain.
Achieve our gain.
EACH CAN REACH,
SO REACH TO EACH,
THE BEST RESTITUTION
FOR ANY INSTITUTION.
NETWORK FROM MATRIX,
MATRIX FROM NODE,
TO COIN A MODERN ODE.
NURTURE YOUR CLAN.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, IF YOU CAN.