Mr. Establishment




Mr. Estabilishment
A powerful judge, always passing your judgement,
Telling denizens where they reside,
the jobs they work, the cars they drive,
where they belong, and where they can never be,
for a sickness, they must pay you handsomely,
to get medical treatment, and a good remedy

Of their earnings, you take 41 percent,
before into their bank accounts, can even make a deposit,
and to add insult to injury,
you give it to the shiftless and lazy,
making us honest, hard-workers pay for their mistakes

Of their education,
you place high value on,
you let the rich get the best,
and become the brightest,
the middle-class and poor,
you always give them less, never more

You expect everyone to bow down to you,
and be your dependents,
constantly crippling perfectly able people,
turning them into lazy, no-good degenerates,
encouraging women and girls to abandon their dreams,
and have football teams of kids, by men who are deadbeats,
making boys and men run from their responsibilities,
smoke, drink, party and fake disabilities,
then rob poor Uncle Sam blind

Mr. Establishment,
you have some ‘splaining to do,
some fast-talking to do,
why society is so messed up,
the good, the bad, and the ugly are fighting,
the talentless are acting, and little boys rapping,
whores are being poor role models, singing, dancing,
in reality shows, having sex, drinking, and fighting
why do you put good, honest, hard-working people like me down,
when it is people like I and others who fuel the economy,
and bring order into this disaster of a country
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Submitted on July 03, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAXBBA AABBX XXAAXX XXXXXXCCA AAAXDDDDXBB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,503
Words 261
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 6, 9, 11

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