My Republican Nightmare

I flipped a coin, I knocked on wood and voted for Romney
While hoping some kind millionaire would trickle down upon me

I bought into the dream that American prosperity
could be well represented by an elite minority

I waved a flag and cheered as troops were shipped out overseas
Along with corporate headquarters and jobs in factories

I knew eventually profits would be returned to me
along with family members sent abroad in the army

But  while I waited hopefully to my despair and dread
A band of golden showers roared down upon my head

College education became a privilege of the rich
To all the rest to student loans the government did hitch

For all the educated no jobs here would pay
enough to settle student loans and keep the wolves at bay

As corporations implemented new efficiencies
To pay fewer people less to work much harder, you see.

Massive debt and joblessness led to abandoned homes
and blighted neighborhoods where intrenchant poverty roams.

I realized this  economy needs a large class of the oppressed
To keep the 1% entertained, well fed, and dressed

Awakened from my nightmare, I hastened to the polls
to take our country back from these parasitic trolls!

--Desiree Goodwin 9/20/12