Families

Surely your turning 
of things upside down
is not but the potter’s clay. 
You’ve done it with every 
damn thing in this world
from the start till the present day. 

I guess it’s impressive, 
that which you’ve done -
blinding the world with your sham.
Making it look like you care for us all,
but the truth is you don’t give a damn. 

Like the snakes that you are, 
you creep in the night,
slithering into seats for to stay.
Then the families who actually 
care for the folks,
you label and put them away. 

But shall the thing framed 
say of he has framed it,
“he doesn’t have understanding”?
Your disrespect wreaks 
through your pathetic smile,
but time is an interesting thing.

For there’s only so much of it 
left till your through!
Then the King will come back for what’s his.
Then those families will be 
right there back in the streets
handling all of his biz…

Isaiah 29: 15-16
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