Politicians Pressing Pomposity

Weathered weasels writhing

With nightly newscast nuances

Gamely gathering gotchas

Unfactual, unproven, understandings

Corrosive complainants calling

Selfishly serving simpletons

Saying

To believe them

Because they said so.

Stainless Ties

Live their work

Or work their lives

Beg borrow or steal

In disguise

Messy

Structured

Living with

And above their lies

Wrinkled men in stainless ties

I hear you talk about the things you say and do

I know you want to believe them to be true

My world isn’t big enough to believe in you

There were so many stories that you liked to tell

Sometimes it is better to leave trees where they fell

My world isn’t big enough to believe in you

You keep talking about things both right and wrong

Makes me wonder why we can’t get along

by Bill Ferguson