Middle-Class Poem by Stanley Cooper

Recall America's huge robust middle-class
From the good old days that didn't last
Once hard-working, now jobless, they can't subsist
Our nation's middle-class strength no longer exists

Short-sighted greed has charted this course
For large corporate profits, jobs were out-sourced
Rich high-powered C E O's who don't give squats
Divided our country into haves and have-nots

With the majority poor and the minority rich
It appears there's no room for a middle-class niche
It's hard to believe this poor-rich extreme
Is what was perceived as the American dream