Podiums are pounded with growing routine 
Cries of “stagnation!” And calls for “transformations!”
But the payoff for you and me is never seen 
Unfulfilled promises of injustice to have restoration 

Clamoring for power the parties rage 
Rhetoric is filled with vitriol for the other 
Hoping their name is draped across the stage 
No consequences for power as justice suffers 

And as they stab each other for power evermore 
My neighbor becomes my enemy as hatred soars