nine days
\nand i can’t go home tonight
\nthey do not toll the bells
\nthe thirsty horse only laps the water
\ninnately knowing it’s toxicity will kill
\npoliticians roil and boil
\ntheir leader calls it a game
\nlater will be soon enough to play
\ncorporate greed with giant machines
\nscream at how much it will cost
\nto put $2,000 in the victims hands
\namounting to maybe 4 million $’s
\neven as politicians ram thru
\n58.1 billion $’s with no accountability
\nand with the understanding
\nthere will be more more
\nbring in the sawdust the dance is staggering
\ncut the bootstraps the boys are flying
\nhoney has been replaced with oil
\nburning waters burning bushes
\nnine days and counting
\nall the missing motherless children
\nall the broken hearted fathers
\nwolves at our doorsteps howling
\nit was not Katrina
\nis was our collective
\nand individual response
\nhigh drama of disaster
\nthe punch line
\nthe final scene
\nbefore the waking up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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