All posts tagged greed

Entitlement

Oh government servants you work and work
so of course you deserve all those endless perks

For days your sessions go overtime,
vacations you need to rest sublime

Limos must pick you up and deliver
‘cause driving your car may give you a quiver

Oh please, let us pick up your tab
for health insurance and your gift of gab

For fancy dinners where you drink and schmooze
working tirelessly so you never lose

Schemes and scams line your pockets,
hey, what about us, we put you in office

Shameless greed, you’ve had it made
It’s way past time for a new upgrade

Ok, we’ve had it, that’s enough,
time to live like the rest of us

Tried my hand at an Epigram for tonights Open Link Night # 85 at dVerse Poets; Joseph Hesch is our host: http://dversepoets.com/2013/02/26/open-link-night-85/

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by Bodhirose on February 26, 2013 • Permalink

Posted in Poetry

Tagged entitlement, epigram, government "servants", government officials, greed, scams, schemes, shameless, time to stop the perks

Posted by Bodhirose on February 26, 2013

https://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/entitlement/

Incendiary

“Working Still” by Borg de Nobel: http://borgeous.wordpress.com/

incendiary, pervasive
black coal
smears and coats
all within its cloud
of far-reaching
immorality

led to believe
in its life-
giving properties,
we decline
through our blindness

a deceit
we choose
willingly
as we plunge
recklessly
into deterioration

we’ve been fed
untruths,
ladled down
our throats,
masquerading
as gracious
entreats

spoon-feeding
us to join a
parade,
marching
to our own demise

Claudia Schoenfeld invites us to use paintings by Borg de Nobel as inspiration at dVerse Poets: http://dversepoets.com/2012/08/25/poetics-borg-de-nobel/

Thank you to Borg de Nobel.

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by Bodhirose on August 25, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in ekphrastic, Poetry

Tagged black coal, bleak, blindly believing, demise, energy, fed lies, greed, incendiary, unawareness

Posted by Bodhirose on August 25, 2012

https://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/incendiary/

Land of the Free

Image by The U.S. National Archives via Flickr

Dwelling in the land of the free,
feeling caged, shackled and despaired,
how is it thus we are decreed?
Bureaucratic laws have us scared;
political greed leaves us snared.
Liberties and rights do retreat,
our soul suffers in deep despair.
In trust we give, do not mistreat.

If we but band all together,
we may a chance of bringing change;
deference will keep us tethered.
Power is ours to wield downrange;
sincere discourse must be exchanged.
Polite demand, but firm and neat,
we will not stand to be shortchanged.
In trust we give, do not mistreat.

Understanding will bring us close,
our only chance for future growth,
no room for ego-swelling boasts.
Swearing allegiance by your oaths,
political servants, our hosts.
Humility, no scheming cheats,
will aid us more than grandiose.
In trust we give, do not mistreat.

We must not fall to depths of loath,
and bleak, unscrupulous conceit.
Lift, elevate, you and me both;
In trust we give, do not mistreat!

My entry for dVerse Poets FormForAll–French Ballade: http://dversepoets.com/2012/01/26/formforall-french-ballades-i/

See the rules for this challenging form as described by Gay Reiser Cannon and give it a go.

Also entered at The Poetry Palace–Thursday Poet’s Rally # 61: http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2012/01/thursday-poets-rally-week-61-january-25.html