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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-06-15 08:41 PM

Ah, we have a government
of the rich, for the rich;
a government bent on destruction
of the society that bore it.

This government considers the poor,
the homeless, the handicap, the jobless,
a drain on society –
because some of the immoral profits
it reaps by taxes and endless “fees”
must be shared with the poor.

Well, no more says The Premier:
If they have no bread, let them eat cake!
Cut off welfare, pensions, social programs!
The Money of the land
rightfully belongs to the rich;
let the poor feed their own poor!
And you? Pay your taxes, keep quiet
or we’ll think of something worse
to saddle you with!

And as I read of these things
– not from Charles Dickens –
– not some stories
from some despotic tyranny –
but from “my” government,
I hear a voice in my mind saying:
what is their next step?
Jobs for the jobless and vagrants
building gas chambers
for those who “drain” society
?
– Sieg Heil! –

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2007-06-15 08:49 PM

AMEN!...."you tell 'em", Sir "WindWalker"!!

[and you did...far, far better than I could
  even begin to imagine expressing my outrage
   pursuant to such timely and crucial topics!]

extremely long-sustained applause...
[a veritable poetic 'standing ovation'
  for this 'write'!!]

Bravo!!

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2007-06-15 10:20 PM

WindWalker
Tiss a strong wind that blows here.

ArtSolstice
Member

since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

3 posted 2007-06-15 10:33 PM

Well said!

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

4 posted 2007-06-15 11:42 PM

well said. beautiful and full of emotions.

truth....someday, someone will use this to teach history.

enjoyed.

very good!!!

Robert Jordan
Member

since 2007-02-07

Posts 392
Philadelphia Pa USA

5 posted 2007-06-16 12:09 PM

Hey, you GO WindWalker, I like it.

Bobby

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2007-06-16 06:16 AM

nice...james

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2007-06-16 08:32 AM

Well said, WW!

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

8 posted 2007-06-16 05:18 PM

well said mon ami.
Ah, perhaps today it might be
"let them eat Twinkies"
History...repeats.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

9 posted 2007-06-17 10:13 PM

We have a prime minister who says the same and then changes the work laws to benefit the rich as well. As for the rich, even if they are caught stealing from the poor or go bankrupt it is three years at the most and they are back in business with no one getting money back from the first round. you paint a very true picture.

a good commitee can decimate communication.

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