I Wasn't Gonna Do It

I wasn’t gonna do it

I wasn’t gonna vote

The choice between the him and her

Had got me by the throat

But I see now in your heart of hearts

You just don’t want to lose

I wasn’t gonna do it

I wasn’t gonna choose

I’ve read your explanations

I’ve heard your passionate pleas

Seriously, this election

Has become social disease

She did this and he did that!

You’ve sucked on every crumb

The truth?  It doesn’t matter

Keep banging on your drum

We’re standing at the corner

The signs above us read

“Dystopia” and “Armageddon”

Perhaps we should take heed?

Reason is the price we’ve paid

They’re the best that we can do?

You get the government you earn

“It’s up to me and you”

Well, I simply just don’t buy that

We do just what we’re told

We’re told that these two are the top

I say we’re bought and sold

Yes, to the highest bidder

No matter what your side

The necrosis of corruption

Impossible to hide

So I wasn’t gonna do it

I wasn’t gonna vote

But I kept reading Facebook

And grew sick of all the bloat

What of your mind? Well that’s been set

You’ve pondered all you could

You’ve chosen him you’ve chosen her

But have you done all you should?

See hatred’s always been there

As easy as can be

Due to the rise of Facebook

It’s the plainest thing to see

And now you wear it proudly

For the world, it’s on display

The braying could be louder

For you have so much to say

I’m sick of hearing you talking

And this spiral we’ve gone down

I pray we can do better

If not then yes, we’ll drown

But you don’t care about such things

You only want to win

No matter who your ass supports

You care not for the sin

For you see

I wasn’t gonna do it

I wasn’t gonna choose

But now I’ve changed my heart of hearts

The demons’ on the loose

So I shall seek amongst you all

The worst that I can find

The self-righteous and the blaring

The hideous, the unkind

And whomever you’ve anointed

Whichever you may choose

My vote? To make yours null and void

Oh yes, my friend, you lose

I won’t tell you who I’m voting for

It doesn’t truly matter

Just know that you’ve been cancelled out

Which makes me all the gladder

Whomever you are I thank you

For I wasn’t going to vote

But you’ve made all the difference

For that you should take note

For hatred does not suit us

Upon this dawning day

We are Americans, after all

Lest none be led astray

The times they are a changin’

Imagine, if you can

That upon November 9^th

We’re still Americans

That we still support each other

That we still believe we can

That we can make a difference

In this divided land

We’ve got a lot of work to do

And this is plain to see

But the Republic, she is worth it

For you and, yes, for me

And in four years’ time

The dance, it will, at once again renew

We’ll hem, we’ll haw, we’ll have a ball

Till then I say adieu