Quid Pro So?

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. - Thoreau

Give me this and I'll give you that.

Tell me I'm skinny and I won't say that you're fat.

Divided parties trading tit-for-tat.

Exposed by an unknown, whistleblowing rat.

You can lie and I won't tell the truth.

It may seem wrong but this game is uncouth.

The good book says that, "Pride cometh before the fall."

I wonder if that applies on a private phone call.

I'll give you money for bullets and you'll give me dirt.

We'll pretend that we like each other whilst we deceptively flirt.

I'll say I like your country and you'll say you like my rug.

I'll be smooth and you'll be a thug.

We'll place our hands on a holy bible.

Whilst a hungry media pushes dramatic libel.

We'll raise our hands and swear an oath.

They may get one of us but surely not both.

We'll use each other like a political leach.

Hopefully I won't be impeached ...

Author's Note

"There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived." - Thoreau