RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):YOUR GOVERNMENT: the new Mafia?

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YOUR GOVERNMENT: the new Mafia?

Remember at one time running the numbers was illegal

Yet today the government controls (and profits) from gambling

Bleeding dry ruining lives through gambling addiction

Oh my remember “narcotics” as a dirty word

But now cannabis legal in many jurisdictions

Promotion of weed

A brave political deed?

Delayed hypocrisy indeed!

Alcohol the great sin

But into government coffers tax revenue overflowing the bin

With the social consequences of drinking lost in the euphoric tax grab din

Hookers and pimps once seen so evil

Now permitted by governments oh money can be so venal

To hell with morality

With such huge sums of cash

We have a new group of elected thugs

Hustling into the territories of once reviled mugs

Progression or regression

Or has it all come down to stuffing the government coffers

What is next after legalization of sex for hire

Spells something very dire

To which our politicians can aspire

Robert K. Stephen

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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