Doctors pushing drugs for extra money
Drug companies pushing ads
Unregulated banks collapsing
Big business taking advantage of poor lads
Bottom line is all that counts
The price of stock must go up
It’s the CEOs who own the most
The rest of us are stuck
Receiving the same percentage of raise
Guarantees the poor remain the same
Bankruptcies for the very sick
The cost of medical bills insane
Slow moving, out-of-control government
Corruption becomes their song
No transparency, hidden ear marks
Economic incentives are long gone
Needless spending of taxpayer dollars
To get some peoples’ money and votes
And receiving undisclosed gifts
Breaking their service oaths
Unions becoming big misguided monsters
Price them out of the market, they do
News medias merging together
The masses mesmerized by a few
Free wheeling capitalism overdone
Democratic socialism overrun
Humans are not advance enough spiritually
To have no balance of the powers to be
Author notes
But, I believe times are changing. Watch the old power fall!
We must use psychology to change people's mind. Direct opposition will not work as it is human nature to defend the ego. In fact, a teacher does not try to change someone's mind. A teacher just offers ideas. This is what works.
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This is a very good poem. Lots of truth, I like that.
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Interesting write though. I don't think this has too much to do with greed, just how sad our soceity of today is. I do like this poem though. It's got some great emotion in it, and it's very true. The flow was good, and the word choice used was excellent. Thanks for your entry and please wait for the other judges.
Josh
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Since I am of Native American descent, I can relate to your topic very well, although our ancestors did fight amongst themselves, it was usually for survival reasons..now it has become a spritual reason and many of us believe that The Creator has helped us reach a point where we can began to walk our True Paths again in Spirit. Great Job in writing.
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native americans were pretty spiritually advanced in my opinion
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well. i think this write would have been better if you had researched the topic more and provided insider opinions on the causes for things like why we arent spiritually advanced, why this crisis is happining . with some details. you know? then developed on those
i like the democratic socialism thing tho
xD
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I think you are right about the native Indian philosophy. But, back when, some did fight each other. Humans all over the world fight each other because we have been tricked into opposition. This is a world of duality. My poem came out of my weariness of watching this argument, this opposition, of which is the problem in the US - big government or big business.
I believe we are on the birth of a new age where we live more in harmony with each other and nature like some Indians did. This was an unusual subject for my poems.
Thanks for your comment and claps.
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i know. it wasnt all the tribes but it was a good amount of em.
idk about tricked into opposition
i think its more of a battle of self interests
yeah, for sure
i dont think people are getting more spiritual honestly, i think people are actually getting more desensitized to things one might say are opposite to spirituality.
but yeah.. idk, im still young.. havent seen much.
again though, nice write.
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Amen!
i love what and how you wrote here! excellent!!!
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Good use of language and enjoyed the comparisons and descriptions in making the main point of the poem!
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WOW
i really liked this its really true although i had to look in the dictionary alot heheeeheehe well done this is outstanding i like the last line of the first paragraph :
Big business taking advantage of poor lads
this is really truthfull i think big of this poem.
i maybe quite young to understand all theese dynaimics economic things but im really intrested and want to know more. I got taught a bit by my oldest bro and dad cause they're trying to write a publish a book and now and then i read it i think its about karl marx and the world in the future better even though i m defintly sure..anyway i really loved this truthfull poem!best of luck!
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Bravo!
Did we really believe that we could go on forever and the money and power would keep on churning?
Nobody knew how long capitalism would fly because nobody knew the rules. Capitalism was like a man bicycling off a cliff and pedaling saying that it really works. So twenty years goes by and the man is still biking but the ground is getting closer and closer and then he wonders what to do.
So as you see, it finally crashed. You are right, humans are really not advanced enough to see that they have destroyed all the wildlife during the venture with capialism and now there are 6.6 billion people to feed on this planet.
Bravo!
Betsy Holzner
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