...You, The People Poem by RIC BASTASA

why do you fear
about the unqualified and
the inexperienced?

isn't everything an
experiment? did not all
start with it?

why worry about the
incompetent? did not everyone
start with being one?

after all, my dearest,
these leaders merely reflect
their electors

after all, my dearest,
you make them, you put them

and there they are
despite their mistakes

still work that hard
to please you people...