How embarrassing to be a Russian And have the whole world know That you are terrified of freedom And plead democracy just for show. You have to cheat in athletics Or fail to make the grade Fool drug tests and the medics And eliminate those so afraid. Don't invent new items But steal designs for free It's a really great, great pity That's what Russia means to me. Addendum - But that isn't Russia in total What of the average Jo? Who loves life as he has it And doesn't know what he doesn't know.
Tag: democracy
Deceptions
Greedy London getting fatter
Europe poised to steal our funds
Does our sovereignty really matter
Why not join the moribunds?
Carefully crafted 'green' platforms
Painted with selective facts
Don't let balance spoil the picture
Shout louder if a view detracts.
High placed men of God
Protect the dogs of shame
Who abuse and wound our babies
And Sunday still play the game.
Town and country planners
Making decisions at a bar
Permitting more carbuncles
And we don't know who you are.
What of honest policemen
Who tell of what they know
And watch corrupt superiors
Distorting with the flow.
Within our democracy
We are asked to trust
That good will show out always
And we endure because we must.
But small men and women
Who try to tell the truth
Are but small slates upon
Our societies leaking roof.
As I See Things 