Asklemmy

To me the right has become mostly a meme

Blocking political process is now the main theme

The SCOTUS taking bribes left and right

Gerrymandering going on day and night

Most democrats have the appeal of The Simpsons’ Flanders

He’s getting pretty old but I like Bernie Sanders

There was a young man from Bluff,
Who quite frankly had enough.

Feeling sick through,
With with interchangable red/blue.

With research in hand,
And policy that's not bland.

This time with great zeal,
This time I'll vote the colour teal.

I started very right-wing there’s no joy

But as much as this may annoy

I don’t think it’s my fault

For quite close to a cult

Was the church I was in as a boy

As I grew up I was shocked to find

Our beliefs aren’t of soul but of mind

With the right application

Of time and education

You can change them and be much more kind

So bollocks to John Calvin and Paul

I can no longer stand them at all

Now I’m left-wing, contrarian

Anti-authoritarian

Who hates bigots from Orkney to Cornwall

Anarchism is the way, workers only you should pay.

The rich and wealthy we should eat, nutrition shouldn't be sourced from meat.

Down with states and stature
Strive instead to ready
Through direct radical action
Root changes grow fruitful
Refreshed from old ashes
Our society rises
We sow personal power
To free all the people

(This poetic form is dróttkvætt which has internal half rhyme on odd lines and internal full rhymes on even lines)

I always watch sadly
Those giving their vote
To people who'd gladly
Cut open their throat.

They follow their hate,
They don't spot the lies.
~~Rich man owns the state~~,
Rich man's gaining weight,
The poor one just dies.

Edit: changed a line

Slavery is real, racism is too

But look outside America, you'll see it times 2

Like tectonic plates, growing apart

With Xitter and Facebook neatly doing their part

The legislature doesn’t really care about me

They get there money and healthcare for free

Meanwhile, we suffer from this polarization

Not just the US, but almost every nation

War, corruption and global warming give me a hopeless feeling

Almost on a daily basis, reading news leaves me reeling

Am I just a pessimist or will we really fail?

Are we watching the apocalypse in slow motion while wagging our tail

The rich get richer / The poor get poorer / When our time comes / No guilt for the horror

or maybe

The planet is burning / We die of starvation / Abolish the wealthy / And claim our salvation

or maybe

One, two, buckle my shoe / Three, four, overthrow the 1% and bring about a socialist utopia, etc

Newlines are real tough.
Two spaces and the end make it rough.

Hit enter twice

For space extra nice.

Banana.

I really don't care
It's neither here nor there
I live alone in the woods
My biggest worry is bear
And his economic stance on my foods

Roses are red Violets are blue The worlds gonna end Before I turn 52

There are so many politics issues

That I would be here all day

So if you want to know what mine are

Treat this comment as an AMA