by our thoughts, by our desires?
whose bread did we eat?
whose shelter did we take?
whose hope did we steal
by not caring?
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self immolation…
silent screams to a worldgone deaf!freedom and dignitywritten on charred remains….and no one sees!too far away? no oil to gain?‘see no evil, hear no evil’….as we rock to indifference!
i have cast my stones
of infinite longing,now i wait…for sound, for evidence,that there is a groundin my heart!
Labor Day….
and cant pay the rent…lost my benefits,lost my house,cant retire,now or ever…cotton mills, furniture factories,truck driving, house building…cant afford to fill up with gas.run down trailer,better grow your own food.dont get sick,cant go to the doctor.they’re bashing unions,cutting unemployment off.cant send your kid to school,cant afford to be buried…those people in Washington,and those on the…
that old man…
greets death with a scowl.shuffles barefoot to the bathroom,pees in defiance of the day.writes a letter to the President,or one to the editor.drinks a pot of black coffee,puts on his hat and his coat.tipping his hat to god,takes his dog for a walk.speaks little, never asks,for nothing from no one.sweeps the floor, washes his dishes,then…
faded sign falling down
mailboxes full ofunopened billshouses with no curtainsold cars up on blocksall the stores are emptyall the doors are lockeddark southern skiesno one’s home anymoreno one hears the cryno one sweeps the floorman without workhis woman turns awaydark southern skiesand there’s no one left to pray…empty crib gathers dusta Bible by the bedworkboots in the cornerwith…
the sky has fallen,
the crumbled streets of heaven,destroyed by our hell!in the end the endis that which we bought,for the simple priceof the human soul!