The good Ole' USA

You try to mislead, to create a facade
Don't go there again
The veneer is quite thin
Have you no conscience
Aren't the lies just more sin?

Your soldiers of deceit
March down corridors of power
Lobbyists and hacks unite
Worn and tattered the roadblock in the way
The Constitution what a novel sight

For though office holders should know the contents
A recent change made it read every day
Legal minds may interpret as they want
Making sure even the guilty get away

But if power does rest with the people
If that is the basis
On which government really stands
Maybe ancient Rome's fate can be avoided
Justice resting decidedly in our hands