Bernie Sanders, pretty snarky.
Wants to fight the oligarchy.
What’s an oligarch you say?
Will they lead us all astray?
Oligarchy means rule by the few,
(Not including me and you).
Aristotle, Greek and wise
Thought oligarchy not so nice.
What happens to the people’s needs,
When only rich men get to lead?
We’ll soon find out, for we have let
The oligarchs place all the bets.
Democracy, they say, has failed;
“Government must be empaled,
To a shadow of its former self,
Constitution? Off the shelf!”
“A few financiers, rich and strong,
Are best to lead the teeming throng.”
Do we think these big shots, selfish men,
Will make America great again?
Can they steer the ship of state
With all of us along as freight?
Stay vigilant when you embark
On a voyage with the oligarchs.
Keep an eye on your savings, your daughters too;
They’re not to be trusted, these happy few.
Spoiled as children, they think that they
Must always and quickly get their way.
We must now raise la résistance,
Deploy the law to to slow their advance;
Peaceably to assemble allegiances,
To block their way and redress our grievances.
Thank you, Bernie, for lighting the sparks
Of the fire that burns the oligarchs.