Our
daily lives are ruled by zones designated by visible signs
Our
voices and acts to run free are dampened and confined
We
have quiet zones near hospitals to patients’ rest protect
In
schools we have drug free and gun free zones to use and violence deflect
On
college campuses there are free speed zones marked with signs
Not
to promote but rather to its exercise confine
There
are zones that planes and drones may not fly
To
terrorists and privacy intrusions deny
A
red circle around any object or words with a red line diameter slanted universally
means “No!”
In
the land of the Swamp here is a suggestion where two more signs need to go
Before
the Speaker’s and the Senate Pro Tem’s chair these words
To
try to end the Congressional theater of the absurd
“Partisanship”
and “Personal Attacks” encased in red circles with diameter lines at an angle
through each
Forceful
reminders that if we are going to get anything done across the aisle both
parties must reach
The
level of gridlock in the Senate has soared to new levels
With
too many Blues openly comparing the President to a living, breathing devil
The
art of compromise and find common goals is dead
Only
demonization and rhetoric instead
Too
many Reds and Blues keep tweeting they are fighting for this or that cause
Demonizing
the other side’s “egregious” personal defects and flaws
Lost
in the personal smears is the simple fact it becomes impossible to pass laws
Red
meat to their rabid base who cheer and heartily applause
While
the business of government remains in a gridlock pause
And
the voters who want government to work are disgusted with this continuing partisan
shock and awe
Feeling
like the proverbial camel laden with more and more straw
© April 23, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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