Woke up this morning with this poem almost perfectly clear in my head – including the title. Clearly, the UK elections are getting to me… and my optimism is at an all-time low.
Liar liar
don’t you see
your words rain blows
but mean aught to me.
I duck
I dive
through your filthy mind
thrashing legs, crawl to stay alive
Expectorate
and profess…
to others your story might still
turn inside out and confess.
But every drivel
you let slip out
lacks movement, light and substance,
there’s only shadow in your clout.
I’m linking this to Open Link Night over at dVerse Poets Pub. Come and see what our poets are up to when there are no constraints on their imagination!
findingtimetowrite 
Very apt, indeed! Powerful words.
Thank you, let’s see what tonight brings…
I hate to seem cynical, but I have a horrible feeling that this is going to drag on somewhat…
Oh, you express that disillusionment so well here, Marina Sofia!!!!
I wish I could be more positive, but with the UK’s system of marginal seats and first past the post, it often feels like my vote doesn’t count for much…
Your words ring more true for this election than any I can remember. Today has been a nice respite from electioneering – tomorrow the horse-trading will commence. Meanwhile, for me the only way to vote was tactically.
This tactical voting is the bane of my life, but yes, in our area too we have to go for that (by the way, we’re not currently resident in the UK, so we have to vote by post or by proxy). The next few days will be such a circus, won’t they?
Indeed they will. The speculation has been endless, and fruitless: we won’t know the negotiating parties and what they have to negotiate with until tomorrow. But that hasn’t stopped the media. Fingers crossed!
Oh this sums it up nicely Marina… Such simple words but so powerful! Love the use of drivel & clout 🙂
I’m thinking it would be a lovely time to be out the country – on a nice island TV & WIFI free!
Well, we’re out of the country, but will be watching on TV anyway. Suckers for punishment!
This is wonderful Marina – we don’t get a vote at all here in Jersey although of course what happens in the UK has consequences here… It makes the endless electioneering seem even more tedious.
Whaaaat? Really? I had no idea! I thought the Channel Islands were part of the UK.
No we have our own government here – each of the twelve parishes get at least one Senator that stands in the ‘States’ We are part of the union but not part of the United Kingdom!
A full year until our next Presidential election, & already we have a field of 20 Republicans who have declared their intentions to run; billions of lobbyist, & 1%ers bucks already flooding into ersatz campaigns. Jeb Bush seems on shaky ground, but the race is long. Your final line is killer-brilliant.
Oh.. I think lies always play a role.. I guess in the end we have to find the truth among the lies..
I think the politicians don’t know the truth themselves – always ready to bend and change it when it suits.
Ha, there are some candidates in this country that could be written about this way. I wonder sometimes if politics was always as ‘shady’ as it seems to be today or if we just hear about it more now. There is indeed SO much ‘drivel’ to sift through before making a decision.
There is certainly more ‘judgement by the media’, so perhaps we do hear more about politicians and their less than stellar convictions.
Thanks for making me dread 2016 already. Peace, Linda
Sorry about that, Linda. Just had a very surprising result in the UK – I seem to have almost predicted it with my dispirited poem. Sadly.
i so see this happening every elections
Well expressed! Manifestos, pledges, whatever, are all damned lies and more lies. It seems almost all politicians become corrupt once in power…
Anna :o[
Bravo! my friend.
Powerful words and you speak straight from the heart. 🙂
“there’s only shadow in your clout” ~ that is one thing so true, no matter where you go.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely… right? I’m officially depressed.
Oh Yes, from where I belong, I am accustomed to see an uglier picture of it.
Before I got to the tale end of yr comments I was going to say exactly the same as Abhra – Great!
I admire the ending lines too ~ How quickly we get disillusioned with politicians with empty and broken promises ~
what happened to telling the truth
That’s what the politicians are good for. They underestimate the electorates’ strength and knowledge!
Hank
And sometimes the electorate surprises you… in ways both good and bad.
Elections are often disappointing. I had hoped for some change but was disappointed too. Can lies in the disguise of promises ever bring good things?
Ug – I find politics discouraging.
Unfortunately, these words ring true for politics and elections anywhere! Ugh 😦
I’m afraid cynicism is the only possible mindset in the political arena.
A few surprises this morning!
So true – goodess what a shame. Each of them. Disgracful, cheap, petty liars. Except Nicola of course. Seriously.
Ah well… I wish my poem hadn’t been so oddly prescient.
It’s been a while since I felt as though I was choosing the lesser of two evils when voting . I know how you feel.
Elections are the same the world over…a competition to see who can tell the most convincing lies
“to others your story might still
turn inside out and confess.” Loved that line.
Although we come from different places, I can relate to your frustration in regard to politics. It seems like it’s a war of words, not action.