moving forward

participation must mean more than checks
if we're to be real sov'reigns of our state
to back a candidate just for her sex
would leave the helm of policy to fate
the backroom bosses would infantilize
the voters who deserve the leading role
if we surrender, our republic dies
and plutocrats achieve complete control
our nation's wounds will take some time to heal
the Gingrich years have drowned discourse in noise
we've sunk below our grandfathers' NewDeal
in fealty to former leaders' boys
a socialist with ben-Gurion's hair
proposes revolution, if we dare