Baltimore.
Kermit The Frog sipping tea quips, I don't see the welfare office on fire, but that's none of my business.
What's happening right now?
What's slipping away?
What's already gone?
What's worth fighting for?
Who do we fight?
Who are we?
Is there a we?
The permanent underclass is expanding. Coal for the furnace. It's more than Marxist theory, more than a pool of surplus labor. Systems for managing them (helping them aka protecting us from them) profit from the transaction. Everyone takes a piece. Churches, prisons, health care, social services, banks, neighborhood liquor stores, Rent-A-Center, pay day lender, and the government too. We lean heavily on the most needy and then mock them. Kick them.
Some people call this a Christian nation.
Some people call this a nation indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
What facts do I have? What proof?
What network do you get your news from? Are there facts anymore?
The proof is in the editing, made factual by repetition.
The truth is in the living, which some of us never see, while the rest are never heard.
There is a rising stench. There is a building scream. I feel sick. Many do.
It's Spring though. Here comes the sun.
Kermit The Frog sipping tea quips, I don't see the welfare office on fire, but that's none of my business.
What's happening right now?
What's slipping away?
What's already gone?
What's worth fighting for?
Who do we fight?
Who are we?
Is there a we?
The permanent underclass is expanding. Coal for the furnace. It's more than Marxist theory, more than a pool of surplus labor. Systems for managing them (helping them aka protecting us from them) profit from the transaction. Everyone takes a piece. Churches, prisons, health care, social services, banks, neighborhood liquor stores, Rent-A-Center, pay day lender, and the government too. We lean heavily on the most needy and then mock them. Kick them.
Some people call this a Christian nation.
Some people call this a nation indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
What facts do I have? What proof?
What network do you get your news from? Are there facts anymore?
The proof is in the editing, made factual by repetition.
The truth is in the living, which some of us never see, while the rest are never heard.
There is a rising stench. There is a building scream. I feel sick. Many do.
It's Spring though. Here comes the sun.
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