lugubrious

we sing
in susurration
lugubrious lamentations
from hoarse electorate
to deaf government
our democracy, we mourn
our democracy, denied
oh, democracy was promised
but the promisers, they lied
the lobbyists lob grenades
of special interest
specializing in creating interest
and capital gains
and their money
and their names
garner gratitude
from the powerful
or by the powerful bought
defending the indefensible
instead of who they ought
when money equals speech
the rich have microphones
and the rest of us
play telephone
with cans and string
and so in susurration
our lamentations
of democracy's demise
we sing