rhetoric retorts
closed fists in the air
red flags migthy swerve
chants of empty threats
tradpoles suck at pond
barrels of grubby hands
self-serving brigands
out to sell our lands
stampede in the air
faucet splash everywhere
draining underground well
knowledge pell-mell
families scramble
lives in squalor
children pallid
the future's languid
stop the bickering
blood in ears,ringing
red eyes, tears drying
please start mending
