Technological Utopia

Hong Kong is violent,
Protestors and police,
Isn't it amazing what can happen,
When people don't feel peace?

Surely there is some guidance to be found,
In the citizen's will,
What does it threaten other than power,
Held by the 'leaders' atop of the hill?

Isn't there some political structure,
That's truly the people's?
Some instant techological device,
Connected to their will?

You bet there is,
But not used to do that,
Instead to guess at what they'd want to buy,
Advertising is where the money's at.

Watch What You Say

China gave up Hong Kong,
In eighteen forty-two,
Punishment for halting Brit drug cartels,
Didn't know that, did you?

But now the territory's a nexus,
Of control and freedom,
Despite China's promise of liberty,
People cannot criticize their nation,

For fifty years, China was to lay off,
After that, no one cares,
Maybe they should have waited, for by then,
The world might be all theirs.

China's, I mean,
The people never win,
You fight against an ideology,
A new one's always ready to tap in.

Finally, Some Progress

Well, Hong Kong's now talking,
To the student leaders,
Though they have no intention of changing,
What it is they need t',

Which is allowing anybody to,
Run for public office,
For it would be irresponsible to,
Just let anyone run, for there's a risk,

That the candidate has not the skills,
That public office needs,
That's why China has a large committee,
That then respons'bly feeds,

The people those,
Who can best lead them all,
Who know what is best for state and the poor,
Someone who the students don't resemble.

Hong Kong's Dilemma

Who'd've thought umbrellas,
Could overwhelm police?
Nine thousand protesters of China's ways,
Taking back Hong Kong streets!

China's agreed to have talks on T.V.,
Aired live for all to see,
With student leaders, 'bout the unfairness,
Of elections, two thousand, seventeen.

'It's not democracy,' the students say,
When candidates are seen,
As picked by a single-party gov'nment,
North of this 'free' country.

But China's set,
And will not change its mind,
It doesn't care about what the world thinks,
It thinks only of its Chinese inside.