Who Are They Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Who are they,
Who don't pay street dues.
To then claim they remember,
What someone else...
Has lived to go through.
And who are they,
To take away what they did not earn.
With it done to ride on another's back.
Laughing with others,
Unaware of the facts.

Who are they,
Strutting to flaunt a false pride?
And who are they,
To criticize while in disguise.
Who are they to get attention mentioned,
Without evidence or proof?
And who are they that can do this,
While abusing others to accuse...
Them of being around too long,
To leave nothing done to value.

Who are they,
Who don't pay street dues.
To then claim they remember,
What someone else...
Has lived to go through.
And who are they,
To take away what they did not earn.
With it done to ride on another's back.
Laughing with others,
Unaware of the facts.