The dirty tricks of politics Practiced by the indefensible Imperial style at the stupid hour Put me in a bad mood right away In the morning without warning when I wake up to bad news again The stupider then the greater their power I see now and somehow it hurts me How we allow such monstrosity Out of fear for that is how it is here Now out of tune with the universe Though love gets better fear gets worse The madness incomprehensible Makes no sense I see and it sticks To me as it brings midnight midday At the stupid hour a nightmare of fear But their fear is not what I dream of And I am not afraid of love Not fearful enough to conform Wising up when stupid is the norm +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXIII