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I wrote this 27 June to read at a Poetry Slam and Open Mic night at the East Village Cafe in Monterey, California.  I sang with guitar my song Some Sorrows, which I just reposted with the version I currently sing.  I left the Slam early, and think I was in 3rd place at the time.

The government’s been lobotomized The left and right’s too polarized The media has us hypnotized All the topsoil’s getting sterilized What have we gotten ourselves into? Nobody’s talking face to face They need a computer interface If we keep going at this pace There won’t be no more human race What have we gotten ourselves into? I humbly propose a clean solution We don’t need to change the Constitution No need to make no contribution Just start a grass roots revolution Stop being the problem and be the solution If you don’t know what’s going on, WAKE UP! If Big Brother’s doing wrong, SPEAK UP! If someone’s hurting someone, STAND UP! Be a participant in life, not a critic, not a spectator. Someday when you’re old and gray You might look back fondly on today Was it the day you chose a better way Or was it just like any other day To change the world, change yourself first and expand from there. Start a grass roots revolution.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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