{"id":2002,"date":"2015-10-16T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T20:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2015-10-16T15:37:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T20:37:41","slug":"poem-corn-fed-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/16\/poem-corn-fed-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Corn Fed Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are surrounded<\/strong>
\nBy corn fed politicians<\/strong>
\nWho don’t eat corn<\/strong>
\nBut slaughter the herd<\/strong>
\nFed only corn<\/strong>
\nIn a round a bout weigh<\/strong>
\nIn realty<\/strong>
\nAnd capitol punishment<\/strong>
\nTheir hire power<\/strong>
\nContracts executioners<\/strong>
\nTo deal with every unwieldy beef<\/strong>
\nIf one is to get to the bottom<\/strong>
\nOf their food chain<\/strong>
\nIn locking up votes<\/strong>
\nWith cheap gruel<\/strong>
\nAnd patronizing jobs<\/strong>
\nIt is enough<\/strong>
\nTo give you gas<\/strong>
\nBut I’ll pass on<\/strong>
\nThe magic<\/strong>
\nOf any half dozen<\/strong>
\nOf such human beans<\/strong>
\nSo called<\/strong>
\nWith their meat and greet<\/strong>
\nAs giant he goes<\/strong>
\nStalk, stalk, stalk<\/strong>
\nChop, chop, chop<\/strong>
\nNothing left to ax<\/strong>
\nAccept the sky falling<\/strong>
\nAnd the eminent crash<\/strong>
\nHour only comfort<\/strong>
\nIn the succor borne this minute<\/strong>
\nThat they don’t know Jack<\/strong>
\nAs we get out of<\/strong>
\nDodge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Politicians make at least one thing easy; that is, to be cynical about politics.\u00a0 This poem melds an ecological and vegetarian theme topped off with a Jack and the beanstalk climax.\u00a0 Politicians often contract out their dirty work so they can maintain a veneer of respectability and civility.\u00a0 Of course, they may be lazy-ass cowards too.\u00a0 Radical politics often has two somewhat divergent strategies: 1) expose, confront, and bring down elitist and corrupt politicians and political systems, and 2) dodge the disastrous social consequences of power and money hungry politicians — along with nurturing humane and sustainable alternatives.\u00a0 Mainstream politics is largely about securing specific interests, better crumbs from the flesh-eating politicians.\u00a0 Usually its a lower level political crony handling the corn and crumb distribution.\u00a0 \"The<\/a>Radical politics is a more wholesale and holistic approach, recognizing that reforming a system that is fixed, not broken, needs to be fundamentally replaced.\u00a0 Thus, there is plenty of work for all, bringing down corrupt systems and building up new sets of human relationships and community that serve all, not simply an elite.\u00a0 Radicals are hold outs, rejecting the wholesale social contract that imprisons most people and holding out alternatives that can provide humane work and meaning for all.\u00a0 Rather than simply hoping that we don’t crash or waiting for a crash, radical politics erodes the power and authority of dehumanizing systems as a way of life.\u00a0 \"Please<\/a>Plus, rather than simply trying to not be the next one to get the boot, radicals prepare for the reboot.\u00a0 May you live your life in such a way that when the flesh-eating politicians come for you, you can happily retort, “Eat me!” — ever working for that day when we won’t be food again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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