Grass Roots Gatherings

Sanctioned snakes slither sideways sucking snares

Social entropy clouds the stagnant sewers and swamps

Leaving broken bicycles and rubber boots in view

Groups of rag-tag militias grab their sticks and pitchforks

The women sew patches with skulls on their holy shoes

Nervous bugs eat the derivatives hidden in bank vaults

Soapy soup lines form outside the missions for mangled monkeys

Tears of joy evaporate in treeless hydrocarbon frog plagues

As silent angels watch the parades of death honoring heroes

The lights are dim and dull on empty shelves and cupboards

Red-eyed packs of dogs devour the corpses in clogged gutters

Telephone poles are chopped down for heating houses

But those that saw the bloody writing on the broken walls

Have formed in common country groups to share their wealth

Off the grid they raise, harvest, plant and eat, believing the best

They have forgotten their devious government’s enslavement

They live in a sovereign Republic under common law, free

Barter and silver, the mediums of exchange

Alternative energy manufacturing and infrastructure for jobs

Only electric cars, bicycles and horses for transportation

Small consumer tax for infrastructure improvements

Only elected official is the county sheriff for law enforcement

The voluntary militia would report to the sheriff when needed

We are the people with certain inalienable rights; LIFE

                                                                        LIBERTY

                                                                        PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

What would be your Utopia for living free?