elders sit around campfires
seniors sit around stoves
retirees sit around propane furnaces
elected officials hide in pews,
rain pours in through the hole
in our heads put there years ago
by well-intentioned doctors
who believed in the red, white, & blue;
our wealthy drive electric vehicles
made by the poorest of the poor
while everyday common citizen
struggles to feed their children,
higher education ran amuck
decades ago when boards approved
awarding tenure to the bright elite,
and thousands of farmers in the
heartland did their best to improve crops;
we learned more from mother nature
than we have learned from ourselves,
and millions of migrants break our laws
just so they can say they got there...
today, we count our blessings on
one hand while using the other to
wipe our body clean of the decay,
no one will ever remember these words
because they don't know what they say.
May 3, 2024
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