The Same

More of the Same

Now that the dust has settled

                We can see that the same guys won

They are lazing in their ivory towers

                Laughing at everyone.

So easy to twist the rules

                Now that they own all the tools

With cases of sparkling jewels

                To control the blinded fools

We all knew.

Nothing we could do.

That’s the way it goes

For friends and foes

The economy grew

But only for the few.

Now that the battles over

                We never had a chance

They had all the weapons

                We just had to dance

They called the tune

                Left us howling at the moon

When the fat lady sung

                It was the silver spoon!

That’s the way it goes

For those who know.

Stealing from the poor

Rotten to the core.

But the war still rages

                And the mightiest always fall

Laughing at the minute

                Then up against the wall.

They own the social media

                But it contains the seeds that freed ya

When the time is right

                They’ll see the light.

That’s the way it goes

Cycles and throes

See through that old soft soap

Guillotines and rope

Opher – 6.4.2025

It began as a poem of despair. We have our elections but they are limited and controlled. We get a limited choice with not much to choose. The candidates are carefully selected. The information controlled.

We are manipulated, controlled and herded. Our protests are orchestrated. The system prevails.

The same few pull the strings and determine the outcome. We elect their choices.

When the dust has settled the same people are in charge; the same people profit.

The same people suffer. The same people pay.

Every now and then there is a revolt.