things have changed

politics
make you sleepy.
when you were younger
there might
have been anger,
or elation
at one
politician or
another.
each stirring
your blood
with whatever it
was they stood
for. you
pulled the lever
with conviction,
wanting
change,
wanting the world
to be better,
but it never
did. so now, you
yawn in the face
of each new
face. each promise
proclaimed
under the waving
flag.
you really used
to care,
but things have
changed.