So mid term elections are over and I am more than a little disappointed in the outcome. The word for this week is PULSE and it is the perfect word for a time such as this....
Mid Term Pulse
Copyright 2010
Dear America,
checked your pulse lately?
Are you alive?
Can you see
what's goin on?
pull up the shades
open the blinds
take a look
you are sure to find
teen pregnancy on the rise
glamorized on MTV and
the cover story
in entertainment magazines
real housewives
who ain't real
and who ain't even housewives
spending money with no rhyme or reason
while your next door neighbor
is on his second year
of unemployment
struggling
hustling
to keep his family fed
in the words of Teddy P
Wake up everybody
our classrooms
are overcrowded
led by teachers
who are
underpaid
unsupported
de-valued
filled with students
who just wanna learn
but are so hungry
they can't concentrate
election of government officials who are
racist
sexist
out for self
blaming our problems
on Barack Obama but
he didn't create the problems...
they came with the job
while you're
waiting for Superman,
I'm depending on GOD
Dear America,
in the midst of it all
I must ask
Are you alive?
Do you have a pulse?
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