Just A Myth Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

There is nothing more that can be said,
Today...
To or about those who stand in the way,
With a doing to prevent or purposely delay...
The ones wishing with wants to make attempts,
To bring opportunities and fresh adventures...
Benefitting everyone especially those oppressed.
Only for a few to address impressions to make.
And choosing to prove a doing to show,
How best it is to exhibit the growth of fools.

'We've successfully stopped them,
From expressing their culture and identies here.'

~And, you are proud of that? ~

'Of course.
Look around.
We have chosen to select what people expect.
Fine wining and dining and those with proper etiquette.
To show those who come here to visit,
We offer top quality and at its very best.'

~But more people today are seeking diversity displayed.
A diversity you have obviously chased away to eliminate.
And you believe people will make,
This place a destination for them to come 'and' stay? ~

'You can't believe everything you hear.
Those depictions are just a myth.'

~There is something about that which is obvious,
To give credibility to reality than anything else.
And you expect to survive as a capitalist,
With kept beliefs that diversity is just a myth? ~

'We know what we want.'

~And we came to spend money.
Not walk through blocks of vacancies...
With it assumed fine dining,
Will be reminisced long after we leave.
We came to expect culture and diversity.
And not a dime from us will you get to keep.~

'But...
What about the economy? '

~It's just a myth.~