Sense Sonnet - Chiller

Come to Coup

Most voters are poor and/or old.
Politicians just need appeal
To enough who need to be doled.
Staying in power is the deal.
I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine.
Officials and unions, publics,
We've made a monster, Frankenstein,
And not an easy mess to fix.
Decades ago Ike warned us that
Industrial / military
Was where the real power was at,
As yet unknown, but soon to be.

The current political zoo
Will soon be replaced by a coup.