The Varying Views on Government Near You

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Quentin Russell

I. (Your Friendly Neighborhood Anarchist)

I value democracy I
sincerely do
I am free
to not
vote whenever I
darn well please

the politicians are always           lying
with every woman
                                                    (or animal or plant)

they can and
I rather think the only
living thing that wouldn't be a sex object
                                                        for them
is a cactus unless it was horny

the crowd on the stand with the wave with the hand
and the laugh and the hair
slicked back money
they don’t fair
about you about me

and I’m sick of it
I do my own thing
not gonna vote for the lesser poophead of two
poopheads

I. (Democracy) 

My name is Lyle.
I believe in Democracy.

Everyone deserves to be heard.

So I got a sticker.
Yes, that’s what I did, I wielded my sticker

then I stuck it.

Yessir. That sticker promotes Democracy
forever, right here in our own town.

In the library, to be specific.

I placed it in that library
right next to a water fountain. (Symbolic?)

I wrote a poem about it.
It’s called, “Democracy.”

III. (Mr. Armstrong)
 
Dear Mr. Armstrong,
We regret to

inform     you             

that your application for
the White Water County Public

library     card            

has been denied. We offer
our sincere apologies, and
we hope you understand
but due to the fact that
your spacesuit is so

 tacky,               

we cannot help but to

Sincerely.