Discontent bubbles up
from country clubs
community centers
corner bars.
The people are rebelling.
What happened to character?
They ask.
Honesty?
Straight talk?
Common decency?
They’re tired of trash-talking
slander
false accusations.
They seek a sincere
dedicated
wise
experienced leader.
Does one exist?
They ask.
(Written for dVerse, 44-word Quadrille 3, February 22, 2016.)
vb's reverbs 
Raises a lot of questions such as, ‘Why do the wrong people always get the power?’
The motivation behind those who want to be in power is no longer “to serve the people”. Need I say more?
I’m beginning to wonder if any exist…actually I’ve been wondering it for quite some years now…
Principled men and women seem to be grist for the mill for the media, to say nothing of competing canididates. Compare the fatal “Dean Scream” and Edward Muskie’s tears to the casually brushed-off behavior of some of today’s candidates.
How right you are. We’ve come so far (down) from those days…I’d forgotten about the “Dean Scream”…what was all the hoopla about anyway? And where have all our sensibilities gone when we really need them?
Oh, yes. Amen. Discontent does indeed have a way of bubbling. Great piece.
If only it would show up in the voting booth.
Don’t we all want and hope for that kind of leader? Unfortunately we get disappointed when a leader doesn’t measure up to their promises ~
Too many voters overlook, or blindly justify, past behavior which should alert them to a candidate’s political motivations.
haven’t seen one here in a while, good point.
So true.
I hope the people keep asking until they actually start getting some good answers!!
Do we need answers from the current candidates or brokered conventions in which both parties endorse nominations from the floor this summer? A pipe dream, certainly, but stranger things have happened.
I wonder if it’s all about getting attention and not about listen and reasoning.. Love how you manage to be serious among all the bubblyness I’ve read.
It’s definitely a “ME” time in politics. With Obama’s abuse of executive privilege setting the example for the next leadership, who knows how close to a dictatorship we’ll come.
Some bubbles are not meant to burst! They become floating annoyances provoking thought. This is such an airy orb!
Perhaps more of that dissent will begin to show up at the polls.
Yes is there such a leader?
I fear we’re still looking–
they ask rightly…sigh…
We need more truth seekers answering pollsters and in the voting booths.
And there is no answer.
At the moment, I agree.
They may well ask! I like your take on the prompt.
We need more people voicing their concens.
By the time a candidate reaches the point of being a hopeful, it seems they have lost touch with their own morals and what really matters. Just a bunch of oversize bubbles rising and popping.
And the bubbles keep multiplying–unfortunately, some don’t pop but continue to fill with their creators’ hot air.
Honesty and Politics..
bedfellows
from
different
Mothers..
Power.. Status
never ever
free
iN essence..
pain expresses
pain.. always in other
ways.. without heARt..:)
In this day and age, it’s hard to picture honesty and politics as any kind of bedfellows, even “strange” ones. I like your yellow cat photos–we had a barn cat who, an hour after being adopted by us, took up residence on the velvet-covered diningroom chairs and showed her gratitude by being the best behaved cat we ever had (never got up on a table, counter, or anything that was not seating furniture). We miss her.
SMiles.. My friend.. Yes.. for me too .. Always.. cats among the best of friends and helpers for emotional healing..:)
This is so relative right now. Every day makes me more and more cynical, and tired of the whole political stage.
Calling for Teddy Roosevelt…