Our Vibrant Democracy

Our Vibrant Democracy
© Surazeus
2024 11 05

The red-shouldered hawk on the white fence post 
searches thick hedges for lizards and rats 
to purge the Garden of Eden of vermin 
that chew roots of the Tree of Life with greed, 
while farmers till soil in fields by the river 
and women bake bread and stir stews in cauldrons. 

Children wearing masks of demons and ghouls 
race through the village in games of chase, 
then dance around the tall tower of stone 
that gleams on moonlight on the flowered hill 
till the old bearded wizard with oak wand 
emerges to give them sweet honey cakes. 

Two sons of the old dying castle king 
face each other with gangs of loyalists 
and fight over who will now rule the land, 
while farmers, craftsmen, and shepherds escape 
to hide in the valley of floating mist 
where the fairy queen gives them food to eat. 

The teacher describing history of mankind 
explains how our ancestors sailed wood ships 
to escape the cruel tyranny of kings 
by founding our vibrant democracy 
where everyone is equal in the law 
to live free as they will, if they harm none. 

When one man rules the nation far too long 
the people demanding progressive change 
rise in revolution against the tyrant, 
so we control that energy of change 
by holding elections every four years 
where we vote for the program of our choice. 

Our choice every election seems to be 
between white nationalist theocracy 
where rich elite control the working poor, 
and multiracial globalist democracy 
where every group shares the wealth equally, 
so we vote to choose which new world we want. 

Humans arrange themselves in hierarchies 
to operate the food-production machine 
with capitalist investment to fund farms 
and socialist programs to distribute 
food and goods to every state citizen 
who gather at grand festivals to sing. 

When spirit of the devil incarnates 
in the man who tries to crown himself king, 
we follow our Goddess of Liberty 
with the Book of Law and the Torch of Freedom 
to vote for our right to control our bodies 
which sustains our vibrant democracy.