abject poverty here in the US of A
\nLou Dobbs got it right
\nalmighty leaders of both political parties
\npocketing pork profits following orders
\nvote for this i’ll give you that
\npennies for the pauper oil for the guzzlers
\ntax payers hard earned cash milked to
\nfeed the Golden Calves
\nPat Robertson mines diamonds
\nlooping holes of exemptions
\nBush failures receive medals
\nwhistleblowers receive axes
\ngive the people soma
\npills to sleep by
\npills to energize
\npills to maintain the status quo
\nzombies medicated to feel nothing
\nno sorrow, no pain, no joy
\nwhat now Miss America, Mr. Mrs. Ms.
\nour giant toilet bowl won’t flush
\nthe cards are laid on the table
\nexposed to the eyes of the world
\nthe great cities of Astrodomes
\npass laws against panhandlers
\non their shining streets of Gold
\npass laws against bankruptcy
\npass laws limiting Almighty Corporation’s liability
\nappoint judges to roll back
\nwomen’s rights to choose
\nFederalists Borks jump for Jesus
\nand right here in Silver City
\nlock steppers key a bumper sticker reading
\n“Who would Jesus bomb?”
\nThere is no Giant Toilet King
\nno pie in the sky to feed the poor
\ndisposable income is not in their vocabulary
\nblame is not a game it is a fact
\nAmerica is the beautiful or it is the ugly
\nour eyes have seen the gory
\nof the poverty ignored
\nwill we plant roses where misery has grown
\ngaited communities will not save the privileged
\nwalls between countries will not give security
\nto peoples who require slaves to survive
\nslaves to create wealth for the idle rich
\nhe waits, the poet writes,
\nfor the return of the roses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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