< ..><\/p>\n
they do so lust for
\neverything get worse
\nthe
\n1%
\nwhose grabbed in the beginning
\nare grasping in the end
\ntoday’s tiny upswing
\nbefore a balance settles in
\nany mathematician coulda\/woulda known
\nit takes 2%
\nwere they going for 99.9% pure?
\nit is not soap!
\nit is people
\ngonna wash that greed
\nright outta their hands
\nno?
\nwho who knows?
\n(Mother Jones knows a lot)<\/p>\n
ah yes,
\ngreed grows in many pocket books
\nbig and small
\nnot to fear dear munchkin
\nyour roof is not falling
\nbut sadly i hear a new report
\nthe Monster Greed has a new plan
\nsecond chapter, worse than first,
\nbeen used before, but listen
\nIT has already started…<\/p>\n
i remember when, in the ’40’s
\nand early ’50’s when
\nthe middle class had an unspoken fear
\nof falling into lower class
\nremember all the classes back then?
\nupper upper
\nupper middle
\nmiddle upper
\nmiddle
\nlower middle
\nlower
\nlowest living on the street<\/p>\n
today:
\nupper
\nmiddle
\nlower
\nand, oh the woes in the middle
\npersonal ones all true
\nand once again
\nthe Monster plan:
\nTurn the Middle against the Lower<\/p>\n
it all depends:
\nhow many Christians have learned Jesus-compassion?
\nwho many Jews remember why they joined the Civil Rights Movement?
\nhow many will remember why they came to the US of A?
\nand how many Americans will remember their ancestral roots?<\/p>\n
in the hollows and the hills
\nwe are singing out,
\n“we ain’t gonna take it anymore,
\nwe have united our selves.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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