Oligarchy is too obscure for relevance In the eyes of the subterranean mass Are we fools enough to imagine ourselves Under democracy; don't answer that, royal pray-ers God's sham ripples still in this Under Rod pledgefield Patsy-riot lays on cheap couches, imagining that Legislators, judges, and those executives Have interests that aren't exclusively compounding For their grandchildren and friends To vote for a person is autocracy with extra steps Whipsaw political disc horse, ridden hard up to the Two if by land: and we fenced in our tanks (or let Them do so), we dependents, we shepherd guided Slip down slopes and fall in love with leadergrips It's a bundle of stickball, entertainment, thank you For smoking us out until we quench the flame With what it deserves: thirst thistle water To quiet embers to ash and raze the obelisks From their penile towers to become long bricks On which a demos can be however informed Whoever they are And in fact determine our fate Without con-grist, junk-dish-airy, or had-bin-diss-titration