Occupy?
I don't live in a tent
Part of the everyday 99%
But in my heart I too occupy
Perturbed, precarious nation
Leaders ambivalent and anti-compromise
Poor school children denied
Welfare women restricted
Diminished services for sick and elderly
"We can't afford it
While those who deny live lofty
Not yet gnawed by hunger, cold and no roof"
To protest, demonstrate
First Amendment peaceably
Healthy youth, aged, homeless
Misfits all
Veterans, anarchists, more than a right
Ignorance, inaction left a vacuum
In tents or on the square
Peacefully or under arrest, regain respect
Have the rich pay their share
For teachers, police, research, infrastructure
Legislate before it's too late
You bankers atone for your greed!
As profits mount for the 1%
We can't all be hypocrites
Where is the fairness?
Where is the justice?
Where is the future, our tomorrow?
Obstinate republicans, contrary democrats
Rather than compromise, let legislation die
Nothing, nothing- a vacuum while the country bleeds
Stubborn: Better let the patient die
Fragment the inevitable
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Submitted by arthurweil on February 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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