Crooked Politicians Poem by L MILTON HANKINS

Empty promises waft effortlessly through the air
The vacuous bleating of self-important bloviators,
Who claim the best interests of the noble citizenry
Uppermost in their clever, plotting minds who dare

To seek approval from the greater masses at the polls,
While thinly disguising their not-so-quixotic intentions.
Such troublesome breaches in the breastwork
Of liberty, these mischievous self-indulgent trolls

Who feed from the public trough. Even better,
They claim to do what is right for their constituencies,
And call themselves names like honorable civil servant
Purporting to faithfully execute oaths to the letter

Of the law.I think such is seldom the case, at all, since
They have made for themselves careers of chicanery.
Empty promises -no more than carefully crafted lies
Cause the skeptical, intelligent folk to wince.