the movement

since OCCUPY, Progressives make a scene
espousing values Teddy Roosevelt pitched
that flickered briefly under Howard Dean
before he bowed and tossed them in the ditch
where Howard stands depends on where he sits
as Chair of the machine, he changed his view
advancing rights for all proved a tough fit
in conversations driven by the Few
they're uninspired by Hillary's campaign
solicitous to foster Wall Street's trust
and fear she'll send their values down the drain
when Jamie Dimon murmurs that she must
defeating Donald's no more than a start
resuscitating our republic's heart

callous

Katehi doused the kids with pepper spray
who dared align themselves with OCCUPY
she told her cops to make them go away
by irritating nose and throat and eye
the video went viral and went big
the force was grossly disproportionate
the rent-a-cop derided as a pig
and chancellor responsible for it
and now she'd caught obscuring her own tracks
Orwellian control of what has been
the hubris to proclaim what's not a fact
slammed by Napolitano as a sin
a dire example none should emulate
debased an office sworn to educate