Oh Captain, My Captain Redeux

Oh Captain, My Captain Revised with profound apologies to Walt Whitman

Oh Leaders, Our Leaders

Oh Leaders, Our Leaders this awful election’s done,

You both have poisoned every well,
Insulted everyone.
The count is in, The Clarions yell, the people have finally spoken!
But hear the opinions of everyone, “the system’s dead and broken”

But Oh Heart! Heart! Heart!
Amid the fruitless cries of “foul”
The American public’s heard it all,
And just threw in the towel.

Oh Leaders, Our Leaders rise up as duty calls!
Rise up, for you the flags are flung, for you the trumpets wail!
But rise you not, but sit you still – For us you all do fail.     

               

Oh Leaders now, the ones we did elect,
Your negative ads have repulsed us all,
Our revulsion you reflect.
We’ve listened to your blatant lies
But still said “What the Heck”.

Our Leaders did not answer to this country’s real needs
Instead we got a “side show clown” and other’s steeped in greed
The election is over, the ads can stop, it’s time to rap things up
Until next time, when our reaction will be “I couldn’t give a F**k!