(State of the Union Address)

We’ve lost control.  Our lives are
empty.  Our homes are lifeless.
Some of us go to the bar
to relax.  Others just rest.

We strive, we worry, we fuss--
But we know we can’t win.  Our
circumstance has proven to us
we’ve lost.  "Control our lives."
				       Are
not our hopes and dreams endowed
by grants from a brute Congress?
No need to comment on how 
empty our homes are.
			  Lifeless
zombies have road rage often
while acting as commuter,
officer, or tourist.  Then,
some of us go to the bar.

We want beer, love or just sex
without worry.  The pill, the test,
operations.  It’s easy
to relax.
	   Others just rest

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