Lies (poetry inspired by the news)

 So I wrote this poem after learning that not only have the President and Congress been lying to us but the military as well is lying to us. Many of us were already suspicious of the President and Congress. But now we know the military is lying to us as well.

Under these circumstances democracy with a small 'd' cannot function as intended. This is true because The People are given falsehoods in place of accurate information on which to make their decisions. This will inevitably lead them to make choices they had not intended to make. On the basis of false information provided by liars The People are deceived and make choices they think are the right choices that will be good for them. But in the end they discover they've been fooled again.

So the question arises. If the U.S. does not have a society functioning as a democratic republic, (which it claims to be) what kind of government do the American People find themselves with? Another question arises. Are the American People going to do anything about it?

Those are some of the thoughts that inspired the poem.  What do you think? The American People were lied into Vietnam, lied into Kuwait and lied into Iraq. What do you think, are you still being lied to now?

So here's the poem.