Only in democracies reigns surprise <br />The majority cast their franchised rights <br />Elect CEOs who tell fat cat lies <br /> <br />In dictatorships the leader is wise <br />He elects himself and appoints his mites <br />Only in democracies reigns surprise <br /> <br />On election day leaders on the rise <br />By the hundredth day majority fights <br />Elect CEOs who tell fat cat lies <br /> <br />By end of first term majority dies <br />Wonders how they kept the leader uprights <br />Only in democracies reigns surprise <br /> <br />By start of second term the voter cries <br />Give us our oligarchy by rights <br />Elect CEOs who tell fat cat lies <br /> <br />In dictatorships people march in files <br />To show they don’t much care about rights <br />Only in democracies reigns surprise <br />Elect CEOs who tell fat cat lies. <br /> © T. Wignesan – Paris,2013<br /><br />T (no first name) Wignesan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/villanelle-only-in-democracies-reigns-surprise/
