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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued its abolition of limits on election spending, striking down a decades-old cap on the total amount any individual can contribute to federal candidates in a two-year election cycle. --NY Times, April 2, 2014
Democracy is not for you.
She's for those who can buy
her wholesale. You can kiss good-bye,
your obsolete world view
that politicians' pas de deux,
adagio, is danced for you.
Democracy!
For businesses are people too.
Like other folks they like to screw
around. Now lift your glass on high
and toast King Cash. Mud in your eye,
Democracy.
Janice D. Soderling is a previous contributor to The New Verse News. Recent and forthcoming work at The Rotary Dial, Rattle, Hobart, Blink|Ink, B O D Y, Shot Glass Journal et al.