Approaching the creation of
Essential legislation
Takes a cadre of consultants
And painstaking preparation
 
Environmental impact
Must be studied and addressed
While its ultimate effectiveness
Is measured and assessed
 
Lobbyists are heard from
And their random righteous flunkies
While the text is typed out neatly
On Remingtons, by monkeys
 
Committees then assemble
When the chairman holds a hearing
Welcoming the scrutiny of
Standing, joint, and steering
 
For a law projects its power
On the mighty and the lowly
So, for these and other reasons
It’s important we go slowly
 
It’s even more intense
Each time a budget bill is made
When they’re done they start a new one
Like the Macy’s Big Parade
 
Except in this one instance
And will wonders never cease
It only takes a weekend to
Abolish the police
 
Someone wrote a slogan
And they sure turned out a winner
Cities took the thin blue line
And made it even thinner
 
What they hoped for happened
As I’m quite sure you noted
Crime went through the roof
Before they even voted
 
Which leads to a conclusion
Known by elephants and asses
The sillier an idea is
The faster that it passes