Recycled

I find myself
grinning
but necessarily
bearing it
as one ad
after another
seems to complicate stupidity

Campaign season
is upon us
and the words are flying
this one did that
and that one
did this
and yet
neither did
what most of the governed
needed them to do . . . govern

To make matters worse
in between the little white lies
is uneasy truth
that once one enters the voting booth
the only real choice
is the insult
to our intelligence
as the recycled promises
becomes tomorrow's newest vision