Deadbeat System
I know a deadbeat system when I see one
Charging 25 cent in a public bathroom for napkins
When it should be free
Sharing a public bathroom with men and women
When the bathroom should be separated
A shelter with men and women in there
When they should have different facilities for different genders
Cash assistance only for females who have kids
When cash assistance should also be for single and married individuals too
Funding for minorities to go to college they put a stop to that
So now a minorities is left without a sit for school because they cut the funding
Instead of housing the poor
They got them staying with there family and friends
The land of the rich
Stoping acting like you can't afford it
Stop lying to the people
It's time to face the music
It's okay to be consider the land of the broke
in till the money shows back up
That cut back it hurt millions
It left alot of individuals
Unemployment
Homeless
Poverty
The system trying to replaces money that noone knows where it went too
I know a deadbeat system when I see one
Where is the new streets
Where is the new side walks
Ain't this what are American tax's dollars pay for
Where is the money going too
No one seems to know until someone trips
and falls from the crack in the sidewalk
No one seems to know until someone's car
gets a flat tire from a pothole in the streets
No one seems to know
Until a street light that was suppose to turn red for a car to stop
ends up
crashing into five other idividuals all because that street light didnt work
Suffering
Pain
Agony
How long do we the people have to live like this
Hopefully one day the deadbeat system will get it together
No more drugs
No more disease
No more hunger
Stop leaving the people a stray
Start making a change
Starting today
By; Shaniki Smith
Date: 06-15-2016
Copyright © Shaniki Smith | Year Posted 2016
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