Head spinning in disbelief
Losing sleep
Over Russian creep
The more you know
The heavier the burden
Today’s truth
Is tomorrow’s lie
Incomplete tweets
Rally the base
A beautiful and free tomorrow
A message delivered with ease
With tease and please
Freedom in sound bites
Freedom from healthcare
Freedom from rule of law
Freedom from taxation
Freedom to hire private security
Sitting on your stoop
Shotgun in hand
Waiting for a neighbor to steal your food
Pay for your own
Fire protection
Schooling
Libraries
Airports
Fresh air and clean water
Toll roads
Privatize to legitimize
Tear it all down
Let God sort it out
The only civilization left
Government officials
And the military
Controlling angry crowds
War, fear, hatred, ignorance
All that’s left of what we were
Our last remaining civilized thinking
Leaving us with no civilization at all
Just rule by the rich
Oligarchs and Oilgarchs
Who pay nothing
To do what they will
In a big house
On the top of the hill
Their private army stands guard
While we wander naked
Divided and alone
With that which they sold us
And told us
Was freedom
Only to find
That there wasn’t there
(copyright – ron olsen)