Steven Taylor (6/7/58 / Cleveland, Ohio)

the newspaper you might read each day
are lies
the headlines that they send your way
are lies
the news men and women that you may watch each day
are liars
do not believe a word they say!
the companies that own the press
newspapers and tv
are the same rich white men
that build each ship,
each bullet, bomb and gun,
each f-16 and stealth bomber,
each tank, each mortar, and each shell,
are the same rich white men
that send our children out to sea, ..
to fight in an illegal war
in a foreign desert hell!
they are liars! ...
can’t you tell? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Listen to me!
Look up the dictionary word…
Free,
then take a look around…
and ask if it’s the truth you see..
or if it’s the truth you hear…
or if all you read in print
and watch on air
were lies to fill your heart with fear
from liars that tried you to scare, …

cause if you ain’t rich,
then you ain’t free, ..
you just a refugee, …
a commercial watchin wanna be, …
livin in a fantasy


(Stop & Think Poetry-5/29/07)