The Politics of People

Politics is all about haves and have nots. Who gets ahead. Who waits in line. Privileged ones, and the rest get denied. Politics is about relative truth. Data be damned. Conspiracies claimed. Favors for votes. Constituents maimed. Politics is about what party plays. Which party stays. What's your world view. A main course of elephant, donkey fondue. Politics is I’m right, or maybe you’re wrong. Debates and train rides. Buses and airlines. Things heard on open mics and dark dye on hairlines. Politics is lighting, cameras, makeup aglow It's who do you know, and if they'll debate. It's speeches, fundraisers, babies and chicken plates. Politics is white houses, state houses, stained blouses. It's tourists with playlists, local, statewide or global. Incriminating texts, on phones that are mobile. Politics is Uncle Joe's jail time, Aunt Betty’s brew. And a family’s deepest dark secrets, That cause church splits in the name of Jesus. Politics is vote counting, as valuable as blood. It's the trust that weaves things together. Transparent as mud, and stable as weather. Politics makes life better and sometimes much worse. In the end, Politics is people. Often rotten to the core sometimes even lethal.