Plausible Deniability

Political speak is the home I love  
the art of rhetoric in so many ways
mastered the language in law school
paraphrase, code, figurative symbols  
meaning isn't meaning  
all or nothing, ambiguously in between  
depending on the campaign goal of the day
 
Pay no mind to Doctor West
don't examine things too closely  
central messaging infers an added intent  
but the headline isn't a direct quote  
so the candidate can whine  
"that isn't what I said"
as if the poor wanna be office holder is a victim
of the vicious press
 
Elevated to an art from  
by the networks in intelligence  
yes Mr.Cheney the US doesn't torture  
or hold anyone without Miranda Rights  
need to increase profit shares  
because crime rates are down  
the brother man stereotyped by law enforcement  
is another subject
find an insurgent group  
stir the discord of those impoverished  
and presto money to be made  
with the weapons trade
but oh yes not nuclear  
besides the NRA tells us
"guns don't kill people,  
people kill people"
 
I am not the first to profit by such discord  
so don't get enlightened on me now
and quote Sinclair, Bradbury or Orwell  
or those agents of pure capitalistic destruction  
Misters Guthrie, Roberson, Seeger  
or more recently Springsteen, Henley, and Prince  
talk about audacity---these guys have the nerve  
to use their platforms as entertainers to  
highlight social ills  
 
I will play the game
and you can play the game
but don't you dare let too many people
know what's going on  
my Halliburton and Blackwater stocks
are doing quite nicely
thank you