Suff(e)rage
With votes, like fortune’s lots, having been cast,
What does the following count amount to?
Omniscient autocrats can accrue
More votes than voters, just by playing fast
And loose with democracy, for nation,
Or God, or both. With destiny fated,
Opposition can’t be tolerated;
An image is a fragile creation.
Yet, where there’s left, right and centre et al,
Parties compete with vainglorious boasts
To purloin lucrative government posts,
But won’t impinge on the rule of capital.
Whether blatant or subtle, all depends
Upon market forces and dividends.
D. A.