Progressives At The Bat by Michael Silverstein, the Wall Street Poet

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Progressives At The Bat

It looked extremely rocky for progressives in D.C.
The folks they'd long depended on to others bent a knee
The White House rarely answered calls, the Senate had been cowed
Tea party members ran the House, "We'll make the rules," they vowed.

But out there where the Beltway gang is rarely ever seen
In countless places o'er the land where the living had gone mean
The days of settling for a phrase, for promises unmet
A spirit craving real change, these bad times did beget.

It flared up in Wisconsin, first with protests then recalls
In inner cities gone to seed, in PA union halls
Workers lacking any pay boosts as their bosses comps got waxed
Saw their benefits get chopped up, while the rich were under-taxed.

Yes in our nation's capital they still ain't yet caught on
They still to Wall Street genuflect, buy the right's self-serving yarn
They don't sense the awakening, ain't twigged to where it's at
That progressives next election day will swing the big vote bat.

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