Difference Makers Poem by Stanley Cooper

We can make a difference, we like to believe
So we play their voting game
The political reality is we’re just naïve
Post-election, most things remain the same

They promise us this, they promise us that
Vote them in for a cure-all
But once they doff their campaign-hat
Those promises they won’t recall

With this in mind, never-the-less
We fulfill our obligation
Without the vote we’d have more of a mess
In our freedom loving nation