"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard" H.L. Mencken, Satirist and Cultural Critic (l8980-1956)
today I was reading a poet who talked about greed and stupidity and hate.
Such everyday things now.
I could write a poem about that, I thought.
I read, I scroll, I listen to the news.
I see who's on deck, who's failing already.
But then I thought, I'll be OK.
The stock market's rising, I'll be OK.
I have a home, I'll be OK.
I have health insurance, I'll be OK.
The woman who cleans my home, the man who mows my grass, they aren't criminals.
It must be the others that are.
The boy who loads my groceries, he isn't lazy.
It must be the others who are.
The mothers and their children who shop with me in Food Lion, they're not vermin.
It must be the others who are.
I haven't met anyone who doesn't deserve a hand up, but I must be wrong.
Anyway, I was born here, I'll be fine.
If I don't care about our country, the world, or the future,
I'll be just fine.
On second thought, I'm not in the mood to write a poem.
Nina Naomi
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