Speech

Much to the House of Millionaires' delight,
The great man gave a speech last night,
Parroting platitudes of great dimensions,
Written by speech writers
With flowery pretensions,
Proposing to fix (kill) Social Security,
When baby boomers reach maturity,
While cutting taxes for the millionaire,
Which seemed to him an action - fair,
And to the attending mobs' great cheers,
He promised energy problems
To be fixed in distant future years.
Nothing was said about
The failing war, inflation
Or rising unemployment in the nation,
But claimed, spying on our people is his right,
A first step into a totalitarian night;
On 'values, god and country' he had praises,
For he is a master of the empty phrases.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz