dead enders

The Dinosaur Committee holds the purse;
Progressives have to beg what they won't steal.
Our midterm prospect's good, but trending worse
'cause only Sanders stands for the NewDeal.
The status-quo well serves the OnePercent;
before we vote, they've long since stacked the deck.
Co-owners of a broken government
two parties dialing the same Rolodex.
There're hearths for old dogs dreaming of their prime
when teeth and eyes were bright, and limbs were fast.
But appetites mutate with changing time;
what had gleamed bright fades into the dim past.
If we're to dominate Novembers races
the Democrats can't run the same old faces.