Electoral Bonds are bought by those
Whose money is nationalist;
They make it certain that their interests are
Top of the government list.
These patriots are demure,
And do not share their names;
Their selflessness is prodigal,
And backstage are their games.
Their modesty is respected by
Their nationalist beneficiaries,
Who do not burden the voter with
Such confidentialities.
Bond-buyers make the nation great
By lining the ruling purse;
It is left to the nationalist citizen
To cry his elation hoarse
At the prowess of nationalist war-makers
Who bring laurels to the state;
He learns how hunger and pestilence
Are best cured by volleys of hate.
Electoral Bonds are endemic to
The glory of the realm;
They make of corruption a nameless source
Of power at the helm.
There is, however, work to do,
As lawful busybodies
Like the highest court in the land
Seem squeamishly ill-at-ease
With procedures that circumvent
Ethics and democracy;
As if democracy can ever raise
The nation to global supremacy.
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