“An Honest Politician” a poem by The Bard of Murdock

It’s Sunday and today’s poem by The Bard of Murdock relates to the honest words of retiring Congressman  Gary Ackerman. The poem was originally published on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Please read the article link provided by the Bard before reading the poem.

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An Honest Politician

Article link: Retiring Politician Says ‘The People Have Gotten Dumber’

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The voters now are dumber

Than those who came before.

And every reelection

They prove it even more.

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What with their IQs falling

The herd came out to vote,

And kept me here in office:

Their congressman of note.

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With ever better margins

They sent me back again,

To regulate the country

With other lesser men.

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For all my time in Congress,

And every year I served,

Those mindless district voters

Received what they deserved.

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But now as I retire

I find that I am free,

To call the voters stupid

For reelecting me.

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Other election posts:

     Lazy

     Donkey Dumping

     Georgie Willie

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The Bard of Murdock

My goal is to produce poetical cartoons. I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations. In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.

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