By Jeeni Criscenzo
Sore losers! you sneer,
because they question the way the game was played.
Cheaters! they cry,
because it just doesn’t make sense
the way it went down,
compared to what they saw with their very own eyes.
Just politics.
That makes it all OK,
As if this was just a game of chess,
With nothing lost but the round,
unless you waged a bet.
Winning goes to the one with the better strategy,
and a bit of luck,
and nothing holding them back,
whatever works,
whatever it takes,
raise the money,
raise the stakes,
lies are fair,
voter beware,
go ahead and tamper with the votes,
nobody ever went to jail for what happened in Florida, or Ohio.
They’ll all forget about it in a few days.
Just call them sore losers
and they’ll get in line,
do what they’re told.
But wait,
Lives are at stake.
Maybe not yours
so no big deal.
It’s just collateral damage,
living on our streets,
or halfway around the world.
Sore losers, for sure.
Probably didn’t even vote,
or couldn’t,
or did, but somehow you made certain
it didn’t count.
Let’s make it confusing
Make them feel unimportant.
Announce the winner
before their turn.
They say, Suck it up.
You can fight another day,
So for now just go away.
Let the winners reap their unjust rewards.
The mayor has his mandate now –
Keep doing what you’ve been doing,
Oppress the poor,
Invade the barrio
Grin and glad-hand,
makes everything fine.
People are such easy marks, aren’t they?
What will revolution look like this time?
It’s got to come.
That feisty old man
who wasn’t afraid to tell the truth,
poked the sleeping giant.
And those kids haven’t been beaten down yet,
like you and me.
Don’t even know when they’ve been beaten.
They’re just itching to be heroes.
What will their revolution look like?
They just found out
they won’t be fighting it in the polls.
We know it won’t happen in the streets,
because the elite have
Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Trucks – BearCats!
They’ve got Long Range Acoustic Devices – L-RADs!
They’ve got Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles – M-RAPs!
How you gonna fight that?
They’ve got mind control,
weather warfare and waterboarding.
Besides, the first revolution didn’t really get us crap,
compared to Canada,
who never fought the Union Jack,
and they have socialized heathcare.
I’m sorry I couldn’t fix the world,
I couldn’t change anything.
They cheated.
And I’m a sorry-ass sore loser.
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That old man woke us up as did Occupy as did Black Lives Matter. Muhammad Ali spoke truth to power. The Republican Party is in disarray. It’s not all bad. This country is on the move. It’s not over yet. In fact it’s never over.
Thank you Jeeni! Well done.
Yes, thank you, Jeeni. Well done.
This is SO powerful. Thank you, dear friend.
Thank you, Jeeni. Your brilliant words cut right to the heart of it. Even though I feel like it fifty times a day, I know we can’t give up and we will prevail. XXOO
Yes, we can’t give up. I was telling a friend on election night that I was thinking of moving to a ranch in Mexico where we could build a tiny house and just ignore the world – take care of ourselves, enjoy our senior years… She responded, “But who will help the people you are working to help?” I don’t know, so I guess I can’t go. Besides, in mexico I really couldn’t be as vocal as I am about injustice and corruption as I am here, and God knows I can’t keep my mouth shut. So yes,Shelly, we can’t give up, but I think we need a good long pity pout.
It makes sad and angry that it seems like there is nothing that can be done. And that basically we will forever be pawns to this corporate oligarchy. Bernie inspired millions not just in this country by the whole world. We should not let this political revolution he started just die like the Occupy movement. I truly hope our NOW awake and enlightened countrymen continue to keep it going and be downright loudly vocal. And I hope all the cheaters NEVER get a good night sleep for all their vile deeds in rigging and suppressing the voters. Maybe we can’t take the fight in voting booths or on the streets, but we certainly can wish karma bites them back. A POX on all cheaters to have insomnia for life! Sorry, can’t accept be called a sore-loser, just an angry victim of election fraud.
WOW! What a powerful poem. Thank you.