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A CITY STRANGLED
BY DROOPING SPIRITS
A city strangled by drooping spirits
Do-gooders prevail at the polls
Voters churned out by State employees
Businesses picked to win or lose by politicians
Eager to gain control
Over every venture
Sanctioning the non-compliant
Rewarding political backers
Taking control of transportation systems
Pouring billions into pet projects
Finding employees now work from home –
Oops, half of the commuters gone.
Oops, half of the stores gone
How archaic – brick and mortar –
Just deliver –
Just deliver a life.
Central planners retire at full pay.
Politicians pontificate until they die –
So in control of the system
They install memorials to themselves
And stay in Congress
With mental and physical frailties
In deeply selfish modes.
Clinging to their genes
Sensing optimism from their genetic core
Citizens walk on
Deciding to make the best of it
Stepping around narcotized bodies
Avoiding possible confrontation
Empty storefronts winking back at them
As if to say – “some day!”
And the parents walk on.
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