(who knows how to start it..)
In court..there’s something _____about the idea of justice
Because justice is just as important trust is
When it comes to these pre-paid defenders,
And you can trust them to
Collect their money and well, don’t worry if you don’t get yours.
Because MONEY IS EVIL!!!!
And that’s why starving children
Attack men and women to get
Money needed for food
But it’s spent on shoes because that is what we’ve come to-
Or at least that’s what every fat white republican
Preaches while the brunch-time sun shines off his well-waxed head.
And I am not a dolt. I see the starvation, the hunger,
The beatings. I am a witness to the rape, and I can testify to the prejudice
that leaves no man innocent.
But this trauma is over drama-tized by-----
I do not see every man hating his job
And I do not see a world where the people are hopeless and hateful.
I see teenagers in soup kitchens, forming intergenerational connections-
I see men working 8-10 (p.m. to a.m. and it’s hell but he’ll do it again because he is a survivor) I see women taking self-defense classes as not to be harassed by those first class asses.
I see daughters bringing daddy bagged lunches on their ways home from school-just to say
“hello, I love you.”
I see a nation surviving, thriving upon that which is unnecessary because it is necessary to be free from what binds us daily.
I am a teenager in America, and that is what I see.
Author notes
i started this when i was 15ish...and its mostly unfinished/unrefined..but i figured I'd stick it up here for any suggestions, i know there are some super weak parts..mainly its just for fun though it'd be nice to have it completely put together someday..
Written March 2nd, 2005
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Interesting write
Keep writing, I like the way you expressed yourself and your emotions here
Best wishes,
Pozo
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I like this poem. I especially like the lines:
"Because MONEY IS EVIL!!!!
And that’s why starving children
Attack men and women to get
Money needed for food
But it’s spent on shoes because that is what we’ve come to-"
It makes me think of what the world has come to in this day in age. I think it's even more sad that there's that saying that people use sometimes: Money makes the world go round. I think it should be: Love makes the world go round. Because in this society and day in age all money brings is greed. I'm sorry I can't think of any suggestions to make the poem better. I like the poem the way it is written now. It really is a good peice of what society is like nowadays.
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