Felt some were being a tad intense, too much seriousness, so here is my attempt to make you laugh … please leave a smily if I have succeeded?
How can we truly measure or tell when our politicians will be sincerely concerned about the welfare of their constituents?
How can we know when they hold our interests over and above their own …
The drops of water in all the oceans may be counted
But no one can count on a politician’s sincerity
Every single atom of this universe might be gauged
But no one can gauge when a pollie is sincere
Supposing we invented a device that could measure space
But still we could not measure a pollie’s sincerity
These are the signs that we might see before we have real proof of any politician’s sincerity!
When fine lilies grow in Niagara’s swift currents and crows become iridescent
Then our politicians will become sincere
When apples grow on a grape vine and on the fig tree mangos form
Then we might see a sincere politician
When from the horns of rabbits strong ladders can be well built
Then all our politicians will be sincerely concerned
Climbing this ladder should a mouse eat the moon
Then all politicians will be sincere
When religions practice loving one another instead of just preaching it
Then our politicians will become sincere
When meerkats and moonbeams become friendly and frolic together
Then our politicians will attempt to appear sincere
When free flying owls carry Mt Everest away
Then our politicians might be sincere!
With humble apologies to my favourite Sanskrit book! 15.4.17
Daily Prompt: Measure
Powerful poem. The lack of sincerity around the world irritates us to death. I think they really should read the poem.
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Poem is cute and I give you a smiley face. 😀 I’m not so down on politicians, however. I think many great men and women try. Power and compromise are hard to deal with. I’m just very thankful there are some good people who try to do it! Nope, I don’t have an uncle in the grand halls of Washington or anything like that. 😀
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You are right I think some may begin with good motivations but power along with opportunities for fame and fortune, party politics, etc overwhelm and soon they succumb or get out. The lifetime pension and perks afterwards can be strong motivation too.
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Very inventive and pertinent. Please have a smiley. 🙂
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I would root for the success of the animals not the politicians in your poem.
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A huge smiley face for you….I love your whimsical sense of humor and the visuals it conjures up….thanks for the uplifting post…thanks for sharing 🙂
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This is a cute poem. I’ve been thinking about equality and how rare it is. I’ve been thinking about our dreams and how we manifest with our stars, want to drink the kool aid. It’s what we want, like the face the politician being dumber than us. This type of civilization annoys me, but hey, it’s what most people want.
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doubt it’s what the want … guessing that it’s their norm and they haven’t the creative thought to want or imagine anything different … they are totally brainwashed into the consumer society that is destroying us …
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🙂😏
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Sounds about right. 😏
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😉 🙂 😉
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I loved it 🙂 All the analogies were so apt 🙂 great work kate 🙂
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Loved it and I have to give you this laptop smiley 🙂
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suits me, thanks for stopping by 🙂
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This is humorous, true, creative, telling, and timely, Kate!
(So few politicians are sincerely sincere and that is sincerely sad.)
Love the photo! That bird used their feets to create art! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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and left a much better imprint than our pollies do 🙂
Love those little green smilies, how did you find them?
HUGS to you and Coop 🙂
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Great poem Kate. Jean Chretien, who was Prime Minister here in Canada from 1993 to about 2003(he had been in federal politics for much longer than that) wrote in his autobiography and he was very candid about it said, ALL politicians from national or federal down to local politics, that once they get in and get a taste of power, they will do and say anything to keep it.
Surprised that you get get the grammar correct using politician and sincere in the same sentence. lol
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Hahaha sounds hilarious and so rightly said about our politicians, Kate. Loved the sincerity in each stanza.
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Or may be when politicians starts to consider themselves as people’s servants, instead of shepherds.
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oh very well said Hammad, great comparison! But me feels that their obsession with power will always make them shepherds, but we have a choice whether to be sheeple or not 🙂
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From what I see being done by politicians in my country, it is evident that the large number of people here are more likely to be treated as sheep, even knowing all about what they really are and what they really can do.
But fear not as winds of change started to blew last year. Many so-called shepherds aren’t shepherds anymore and several more are desperately trying to save themselves.
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oh we can only pray there will be a huge change of attitude Hammad
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Great piece of writing Kate… So innovative…
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I see we are alike also in our belief in and trust of politicians! 😁😃🤣😎
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lol sadly met too many ….
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LOL! It sounds as if politics there are very similar to politics here: politicians promise whatever it takes to get elected, and then once they win, they simply blame the other party for their failure to deliver. All we can do is laugh….
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and pay them a small fortune Ann 😦
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Same politicians in my country 🤔😊
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Yep, never. Though I have a hunch that if we changed the system to non-party, only basic remuneration, then we might have a chance.
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that system in India just means more corruption … wipe out state governments would also be a huge saving 😎
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Yes state govt is duplicity and stupidity. Yes, the Indian system is problematic, but my view is it would have to be heavily regulated for income disclosure, gifts – up to 20 yrs past retiring or resignation (including off-shore accounts, family and friends) that would weed a few out, plus the low income here would be pure natural selection.
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not really, most of our current pollies are loaded but we never hear of them donating their wages to a worthy cause … 🐻
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Actually we do – they donate to ….. themselves (couldn’t help the satire) 🙂
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