The poetry of process...

[Hardball]

Ode to the Bureaucrat

Bureaucrat, shmirocrat; rickety gig
Ability to see daylight, or is the agency too big?

Ask only questions to fill-in the block
Meanwhile the country goes deeper into hock.

Goal of the project, lost in the mess
Indifference for all, but ?we completed the process?

Solutions are at hand and at the tip of the tongue
Never to be spoken, for a pay raise is on the next rung

Status quo malaise is quite a warm blanket
Dissent on my watch? Well about your pension; I?ll yank-it

Wrap your actions in Old Glory with pride
Meanwhile your kid?s future continues to slide

As the paychecks comes in and cashed with haste
How much time did you really waste?

Patriotism for a few is a duty, yes a call
Life given by some, freedom for all

Where does one stand in the fight for the dream,
Out on the bow or in the mainstream?

In darkness or light, come what may
Love for America, just won?t go away

Seek not today but eternal glory
Never attempt it without the True story

Tyranny of kings, dictators and men
Process and apathy, tell me the difference then

Freedom?s pure ring obscured by excess
Arlington Cemetery? ?Full measure? no less

How in the end will your life read
Duty, honor, country, or more handouts I need?



Hardball, from his collection of poetry, "Mean-spirited Right-wing Poetry"