The Speaker in the park

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As my tale goes, I noticed a large group gathered around a man speaking in a park.  The group seemed mesmerized by the man who was tall and well dressed.  He spoke with confidence as if he was a not only a leader but a wizard.

I stopped to watch for a bit and noticed the man was wearing a rather extravagant gold watch gleaming with huge diamonds around the face and beautiful gemstones covering the band.  It seemed as if the watch was what made the man.  He would push back his cuff to show the watch many times through out his talk as if he was continually checking the time.

I couldn't quite understand exactly what the man was saying as his words were jumbled and repetitive.  But I did hear him clearly ask the audience if anyone knew the time, even though he was looking at his golden watch.  Confused by his actions, I asked the gentleman why he was asking us for the time when he had such a beautiful watch right before him on his wrist.  The man explained that the watch had stopped working a few months ago.  Then when another in the crowd asked why not get another watch, the speaker replied that although his watch was broken, it was his pride and joy.  And aruged convincingly that although it was broken, it still displayed the time accurately although if only twice a twice a day.

I awoke by the crowd cheering President Obama, ever eager to accept a broken system of distorted promises, illusions and lies.
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