Couplet And The Cup Of Woes?

Food is the religion

For the man who is hungry.

Job is the mantra

For the unemployed poor.

Promises get exchanged

With votes at the time of the election.

Hope drives the man

Towards the good times to come.

Education does not seem to help

Discern between right and wrong.

History and geography have become

Diversions for good economics.

All things have become blurred

In the city that rules.

Between the bank and the thief

Whom should I trust?

Where is the security to the common man?

When the fence preys on the crop.

Freedom is the choice I have

Between the fire and the frying pan.