Corruption
Corruption includes many criminal actions or actions which facilitate criminal enterprises. It also includes misuse of power by an elected official, police brutality, and silencing political opposition.
Corruption
Corruption, it’s an activity
Twould be a crime for you and me
Embezzlement and bribery
From someone in authority
Managing communication
Steering through legislation
Selective mediation
For personal compensation
Petty, grand, or systemic
All the above makes us sick
Look over here, see the trick
Leave your pocket ripe to pick
Blackmail and extortion
Pay up or face deportation
See we have a secret apportion
Each receives their proportion
Then there’s fraud, a deception
Pockets lined from collections
Layers of misdirection
Get ready for the next election
Hire my son, its nepotism
His buddy too, favoritism
Need support, use clientelism
Turn an eye, at your discretion
Invest offshore, it’s what they say
Money hidden in some Cay
Retirement fund or rainy day
The hidden cost if you want to play
Legal here illegal there
Working out what goes where
Try to stop it, not a prayer
You’ll wind up in a wheelchair
Traffic drugs and people too
What’s the nation going to do?
Broken system, that we’re used to
Hoops we have to jump through
The vicious cycle called bureaucracy
Lost direction of democracy
Seems like an aristocracy
It’s the great hypocrisy
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It certainly is the great hypocrisy RJ. In this country a list has recently been released of the names of mult-million dollar companies and individuals who have been banking their money off-shore to avoid taxes. In recent years the government has been continually reducing the entitlements and living conditions of the low income earners at the expense of protecting big business and multi-nationals. The people have finally had enough and everything is being revealed publically. It appears the government may finally be forced to act and enforce taxation changes that target those rooting the system. Great poem with a very important message.
Corruption abounds as always, the rich keep getting richer and the poor get poorer. Nothing changes mate, this had been going on since the beginning of time. Man’s greed for the mighty gold and dollar will never subside., To put it all into perspective in a poem it brilliant. Writers and poets will always bring to light the corruptions of life. You did it splendidly sir and like John stated, just recently the shyt has hit the fan in a global way. Billions of dollars are being hidden to avoid the tax man, again nothing new. Gangsters have been doing it for years.
This poem is universal and that is the best thing (in my opinion) about this poem. I read it thinking about my country India and it was like you were talking about India. If someone from the US reads it he or she will think that you are talking about US. You have use the words beautifully and shown the true power of the pen.
Wow my friend , you are describing the new Congress , Senate ? Very nice !
What a very timely piece! I am re-posting this on FB.