Satires - Government Poem by Boston Kelley

What purpose does the government serve?
How should it rule society?
Does a perfect governing body even exist?
How can a flawed mankind rule a flawed mankind?

Men are either thrust into power or elevate
themselves through honest or wicked means.
Those who feel best qualified to rule govern the
people, but, alas, do not possess the character.
Justice is perverted to suit their ends; justness
does not exist in its ideal form.
Numerous voices are heard, yet self-interests
gridlock politics.

Hungry for power, people climb the ladder, eager
to remove others from their rungs no matter what.
To decide the fate of others is there only desire;
whatever way they may please themselves they
worship.
Even in democracy, they work for absolute control,
ignoring the voice of the governed.
Oppressive are these people; tyrannies and dictatorships
do they create.
Fear they operate through; limited freedom they
ordain.
From curfews to continuous surveillance, their measure
of fascism is undeniable.
Think back to Hitler and Mussolini and see how cruel
their governments were.
For they sought power and the world itself, believing
they were destined to rule it.
The Jews Hitler did persecute; six million had lost
their lives to the Nazi regime.
A holocaust that should never happen again, but is
always in danger of arising once more.

People devise democracies to encourage equal
participation, but each one is too selfish to concede.
Gridlock is there in such a government; little agreement
can be found.
Division arises from the gridlock, furthering hatred
and distance from opposite minded people.

The most qualified people seem fit to rule, yet they
veil their cruelty.
Acts of charity and kindness they use to fool others,
all the while hiding wicked acts.
Only those closest to them know who they really are,
yet they will not expose the truth.

Who among us is best to rule?
Who but the wisest and kindest?

Those who pursue wisdom and enlightenment should
seek political offices.
The kindest and most just are fit to govern the people.