Circus Maximus, Your Government Poem by Sandra Feldman

Circus Maximus, Your Government

Rating: 4.8


Bring out the Lions,
Without their teeth,
The faceless Elephants,
That never speak,
The smiley, idiot painted Clowns,
That make their cars go round and round,
I hear the Crack! of Master's whip,
He thinks he's really very hip,
And we go down, and down we Go,
Into the Hell, we yet not know!

Saturday, March 22, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: animals
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mazhari David 20 June 2014

Brian, you may need another lecture. Bri Edwards, well, one can be satisfied with what he has, but satisfaction leads to blindness, then privileges then tyranny, chaos, etc. It is also the role of the poet and the artist to stand up and speak for the weaks, the misfits, and whip the too often self-complacent politicians...

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Brian Jani 19 June 2014

A very well written poem which reflects on what really happens in a circus, my opinion is that circuses are a place of animal cruelty.wild animals belong in the wild for it is their home and there is no place like home.by the way this is a good poem

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Bri Edwards 16 June 2014

sandra, i'd take the comma out of the last line. :) a circus need not be perfect to serve a purpose. i don't mean a negative purpose. oh, politics/government can be entertaining, frustrating, wasteful, worthy, and a lot of other adjectives. just like the general populace. do you think politicians and other government decision-makers are not representative of you, me, and our neighbors? yeah, they are probably generally wealthier, better-educated, more energetic, and more self-assured than i am. i sure wouldn't want to be responsible for making some of the decisions they are asked to make. and there are compromises and bargains to be made sometimes to move things along. i may sound like i know it all, but of course i don't. sure, we might desire a better governing body, but i believe that at least here in the united states, the citizens and non-citizens are better off than in some (many?)) parts of the world. here is one of the very few poems i've ever written about politics, and it may apply to the so-called Master of your engaging poem. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 'Shoulders' Of Our Nation..... [U.S. President; Politics? ; Responsibility; SHORT] For what reason do we elect “The President” ……every four years? The election result brings smiles to some; to others it brings tears. Then, if popular opinion sides with “Him”, “He” gets the credit; BUT when things turn out poorly, “He” gets blamed; you can BET it! So I guess “He’s” our “Shoulder”, for us/”U.S.”, to pamper or to pound, saving us from having to spread the praise, OR the poison, all around. (March 5,2014) Bri Edwards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i'm sure the u.s. president does not read every piece of paper in washington d.c. or do all of the research on the myriad proposals he is asked to consider. same goes for legislators. maybe our system can not get better. it could get worse; that's for sure. i have read a proposal about changing the way supreme court justices are chosen and making their terms NOT for life. that sounds good. i wondered if Faceless elephants refer to members of the Republican Party, in particular the elected politicians. if so, why not put donkeys into the poem instead of lions? for most americans, i dare to say, life is probably better than for most of the rest of the world. well, THAT may be a stretch. in the news i see evidence of Hell in several other countries, but very little evidence of it here. i think we should watch our politicians et al, but also we should acknowledge our luck in living where we do. thanks for the rhymes. you poem has gotten me in trouble with my wife (a little bit) as i have stayed on computer too late! bri :) The 'Shoulders' Of Our Nation..... [U.S. President; Politics? ; Responsibility; SHORT] For what reason do we elect “The President” ……every four years? The election result brings smiles to some; to others it brings tears. Then, if popular opinion sides with “Him”, “He” gets the credit; BUT when things turn out poorly, “He” gets blamed; you can BET it! So I guess “He’s” our “Shoulder”, for us/”U.S.”, to pamper or to pound, saving us from having to spread the praise, OR the poison, all around. (March 5,2014) Bri Edwards

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Kevin Patrick 24 April 2014

Nice biting satire of our modern political system, wonderful use of similes, and metaphors, the governing bodies of congress, parliament, ect play for their masters in the audience, while we watch from the bleachers at the ridiculous of it all, it gets my Libertarian gourd going. Tom Waits would like this

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Valerie Dohren 30 March 2014

Very good Sandra - just about sums 'them' all up, ours as well as yours. Clowns is a good word to describe the powers that be!

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