The Incumbent and the Rival
An incumbent appears incompetent,
And may be so; but, that is not where
The failing lies. Politicians might dare
To represent some popular dissent,
Loud rhetorical radicals until
The state’s highest office’s siren call.
The prime duty then is to capital;
Profit subordinates the people’s will.
Callous calculation shall determine
Just what any government can afford,
Or if the commonweal must be ignored,
No matter the ballot or who might win.
Choose another, someone else to blame,
A change of curtains, but the view’s the same.
D. A.