Independence is how you feel
Free to do exactly what you think
Or be shackled to another's wheel
How glad we are to cast our votes
Until we see who'll speak for us
Find that we've chosen sheep or goat
Independence is a sham you know
Regulations are piled so high
You're not free to choose which way to go
You're just a cog in a great big wheel
Turning whether you want or no
Just play along it's no big deal
What feedom you have don't let it show
And take care when you laugh or smile
They'll tax that too before you know
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True words indeed, very well written too. The last two lines made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWow. And yet, people have died for the right to vote, and it's a constant target of repression. Death and taxes, my Dad used to say, are for sure, all else isn't. I find that last stanza sums up a truth we're afraid to say aloud.
ReplyDelete"Find that we've chosen sheep or goat" Exactly and then suffer at its hand / feet. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteCan relate to this so much thanks to the new tax regime imposed in India right now!
ReplyDeleteLoved the cog imagery.
Scary isn't it, this word "Independence"! Brilliant response to the prompt.
ReplyDeleteI often feel this way. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSheep or goat indeed. This time around, the comparison does disservice to the goat, LOL. The system indeed is impersonal and brutal.
ReplyDeleteDisservice to the goat indeed. I love the rhyming cadence of these very succinct thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Robin. I have come to learn this. Independence definitely is a sham. We are each a cog in the wheel, but mostly we are powerless...I never realized this until t became president.
ReplyDeletetrue but as long as taxes support things that are important and are equal to how much money you have I guess we can cope.
ReplyDeleteGreat one! I agree with that. It is all an illusion.
ReplyDeleteAnd to top it all off, we made it so
ReplyDeleteI love the last stanza. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat....so apt for the present time! I read it many times...!
ReplyDeleteno kidding. I love the image of the wheel it moves whether we will it to or not.
ReplyDeleteGood one!
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