As Above, So Below

Although this was written in response to S.3348 it seems to apply far more generally than I anticipated. Scary, I know. -M

RE: S.3348 – Accountable Capitalism Act

 (Read this piece of shit  by clicking here... after you read my shit down there)

This is an average guy who took the time

to let his representative know his mind

in the hope representative democracy

can still work for an average guy like me.

If I may speak freely, from what I've seen

I put the odds at highly unlikely

I'm white and male, my apologies

Still, I made my plea in digital poetry

and cast it out through a port #443.

Godspeed!

To: You

From: Me

Right Honorable, Most Merciful, Excellency...

Someday this bill will come before you, burn it, please

It's a chimera, an abomination crafted beautifully

Loot billionaires for a minute then the middle class eternally

You fix inequality with ninety-nine for them, one for me

I beg your forgiveness for remembering history

Those who fail to learn its lessons end up like me

No, thank you, Can’t afford it. Now, go away please.

Then, the Bill passed with bipartisan support. Unanimously!

Another unfunded liability for me and my family.

You have no shame, so I have no sympathy. Now, go away please.

This average guy would rather see "Government Accountability"

No, I'm not a communist, terrorist, or deranged mentally.

No, I don't have a weapon or bomb. Fine. Go ahead. Frisk me... again.

I'm a libertarian... Great! Another official with episodic A.D.D.

Hey, buddy! Over here. Focus, you son of a B…

Let's talk about the lay of the land, topography

"The level playing field" as you call it dishonestly

Decades from now this quote will be my legacy

because you couldn’t tax it, steal it, or charge a fee

"Give me Death or Government Accountability"

In the Land of the Free from sea to shining sea

Immediately, if not sooner, if you please. I said please.

That’s a win-win for you and me and our posterity.

All our future generations bounced on a knee

Our debt situation isn’t serious, it’s critical, seriously

it’s a choice of life or death, to be or not to be

I don't give a shit if Kaepernick took a knee

Hey, Rain-man, are you listening to me?

As above, so below", so the ancient saying goes.

What we’re taught is everything we know.

From father to son, from mother to the girl with the bow.

To wear the mantle this lesson you must know

As above, so below.

As above, so below.

Our example plants a seed or a field fallow.

As above, so below.

As above, so below.

Those who cannot control themselves

will seek to control every one else.

To demonstrate their power and prowess

It’s in our human genome, I guess

Blind ambition is sin in fancy dress

A virtue if we veil it in governance

that cares for the poor and powerless

At their own expense. What a hot mess!

If the People wont follow

then make them bow, they know.

It’s a fear and dominance show,

follow my lead, here we go

As above, so below.

As above, so below.

The need to sit upon every throne

is a contagion beneath the capitol dome

Everyone knows how the fanfare goes

As above, so below.

As above, so below.

Once more fortissimo

As above, so below.

You’re a busy man. I understand.

Heavy is the head but so is the hand.

That forms a fist in the gauntlet of hegemony

You’re perfect plan for all the land, most assuredly

Mirages look like an oasis in the sand. Lunacy!

Let’s speak honestly. Here’s the truth I see

Charity is the sister of accountability

both are birthed or stillborn at home invariably

If you can’t control yourself, don’t try steering me

If the blind lead the gullible it’s easy to see

Both fall down pursuant to the Law of Gravity

When plunder is enshrined in law, the law is insanity

Free from the chains of bondage to financial slavery

We have arrived in the land of bilk your money

The promised land of transfer payment thievery

Open your wallet says me, Ali Baba’s wet dreams

Plenty for Al Capon’s bride to be

The Artful Dodger picked her purse clean

Robin Hood, what an amateur!

We're the government, we rob everybody.

To each according to their criminality

to those upon the throne, our ruling royalty

by the indolent hand of noble bureaucracy

From those below the wealth is gleaned

A permanent flock of sheep to fleece

99 for the shepherds and none for me

Don’t kill them, just shear them vigorously

until they bleed.

Arbeit macht frei!

Work makes you free the same lie they told me

E Pluribus Unum means "We serve monopolies"

Buy on Amazon, post on Facebook, insure with Geico

Lose it in Public Storage, find it, and sell it on Let Go

Get a nickel on the buck if the market is right

Repeat this mistake every day for the rest of your life

iPods, iPads, iPhones one through ten, iHomes

I need a vacation to rest my broken iBones

You know the drill, so here iGo...

As above, so below.

As above, so below.

Equality begins six feet down horizontally

Not a level playing field at forty-five degrees

No, thank you, Can’t afford it. Now, go away please.

I’ve got kids to feed. Your help is killing me.

First practice what you preach

Prove your wise enough to teach

Equity isn’t grab everything in reach

While lying to me through golden teeth

There is no honor among thieves

Even those who pontificate constantly

The banks just went bankrupt again? Oh, gee?

Even after I paid all those goddamn fees?

Deficit spending and freedom ain't free

Steal the money from my kid, age three

But don't touch a dime of my social security

That makes good financial sense to me

The kid may feel differently at age thirty-three

Oh, damn! Papa and Uncle Sam fucked me!

As the damage grows...

As above, so below

As above, so below

And the corruption shows...

As above, so below

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Generations fall like dominoes...

As above, so below

As above, so below

Like a river flows and the sunlight glows

As above, so below

As above, so below

A seed or fallow

As above, so below

As above, so below

The hand both reaps and sows

As above, so below

As above, so below

The judge made a choice, easy as can be

Death before Government Accountability

Legally "equal" is two ropes on a gallows

None for them, two for me, consecutively.

Sentence to be carried out prestissimo

Stretch his neck. Courts adjourned. Gotta pee.

May God have mercy on your soul.

As above, so below

As above, so below

Before my last words I heard the judge clearly go…

Now, you’re free, you’re really free

I thought he was talkin' to his dick not me

I was wrong, dead wrong as could be...

Free at last, so totally free

But your widow still owes me

Damn, it burns when I pee!

Last words... Fuck it! Let's go.

So, the story goes...

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