Pillars Of Truth-4 Poem by Eric Cockrell

the middle class is gone!
vanquished! extinct!
the american dream distorted,
dissolving into nightmarish need!

milk and honey are now
black market items only.

shut down the schools,
lay off the teachers.
close libraries, ban books...

firemen stand and watch
a house, a life burn down...
because the fee was not paid.

emergency rooms full of people
who have no insurance, ...
others wait in long lines
at the clinics...

people who used to own
their own homes... dumpster diving
for food...

roach motels and tent cities...
the only meals some kids get
are free meals at school...

people walking everywhere...
and more coming... $5 a gallon gasoline
shuts it all down... while

5% get fatter, gather more,
get richer... and the rest....
are disposable.