The Candidates Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The candidates for world dominance

The contenders who want to sit on the highest branch on the tree of power should
not be elected because they want it too badly
Theirs are a grab for dominance for its own sake and if lucky the book of history,
the part where leaders are remembered, we know Saddam Hussein, Stalin and Hitler
they too are remembered by history and given enough time will be Admired and
books will be written in their defence
The contenders talk about trade meaning high finance, not a factory that produces
products and employ people, they mean the banks, money lenders.

They fear ordinary people but keep us enslaved by debt we should take a stand
as they do in Palestine, who are spied upon day and night, yet the truth slips through
the occupier can arrest you for a joke.
No one lived here before we came it all belong to us as they proudly lie to themselves
as they slowly sink into the apathy of a frozen culture and self-loathing.
Tomorrow it will be your turn to be arrested for speaking your mind.