on the take

So much obvious evil
This world is a reeking cesspool
Of filthy violence and greed

We choose to look the other way
Because it’s easier to take
Or because we are on the take

Child molesters on the prowl
Money launderers robbing us blind
Crooked cops just making quotas
While ICE shoots us in the streets
Sanctioned by felons in the Oval Office

Billionaires laughing at the poor
Raising their champagne glasses to opulence
Like the gilded Great Gatsby
Sanctimonious with their false charity
Famous names plastered on hospital wings
With stolen taxpayer funds

Are you lazy or complicit
Perhaps treasonous or simply apathetic
Because we will all pay the price
For your sickening complacency
While Democracy dies in darkness

Feb 20 2026