Pointing To the Problems

POINTING TO THE PROBLEMS 
  {Bivouacs}

Beat down with legal fees
Tied up with taxes;
Tripped up with mortgages;
Ripped off with student loans
Insulted with insurance
Telephone updates.

Out of date opts,
New upgrade rates;
Food on the down-low
Carrots in the closet;
Conjugating with fake rice.

Plastic cabbage, inedible corn.
Tomatoes with fish dung
Water with lead, flatulent cows
Polluting the air.

Carbon emission:
Beyond the stratosphere:
Halliburton and agent orange.
Nuclear explosion -radiation;
Devastating the atmosphere.

I can’t explain, with no
nutrients to the brain.
No minerals to the lungs n heart.
Contaminated nation;
Sheer contamination.

Is it too late, to rise above the hate?
Tired n Devastated, tried elevation.
Tried to immunize, and fine tune
My body to this new moon.

With herbs n mushrooms.
Sun Hot, Global Scorching...
Illuminati wants hearts,
and good body parts.

Neanderthals,running back to their caves
Underground bunkers, where they’ll be safe…
Americans dangling off bridges with knapsacks;
Flimsy structures and Bivouacs
No air, no food, no heat,
Not even water safe to drink.

Like Dinosaurs and bees, fast becoming extinct.
I can’t even think, with no nutrients to the brain.
No minerals to fortify lungs n heart.

Contaminated nation,
Sheer contamination.
With nowhere to run;
What do you think should be done?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Radhakrishna Avatar
December 5, 2019 at 2:53 PM
You speak our minds! Cry of the whole world at the moment!
Harris Avatar
December 5, 2019 at 2:40 PM
The World is not going to end anytime soon. You are still free to speak up and speak out. You did a good job doing so. May the lord always be by your side.
Mhangwa Avatar
July 30, 2017 at 12:02 PM
Thank you for highlighting some of the most painful things we are facing in this day and age. I think humanity needs to be reminded of its value and worth in order for us to be redeemed.
Kiser Avatar
July 21, 2017 at 2:03 PM
I suppose we should start in each of our little corners of the world and try our best to expand. If left up to government...well, hennywoo; anyhoo; I agree; well penned and honest.
Acquah Avatar
July 23, 2017 at 12:12 PM
Today seized captured in a poem after the eclipse and the strangeness feeling powerless God, handle's his business.
Flats Avatar
July 21, 2017 at 8:41 AM
I haven't a clue, wish I did. I read your poetry regularly and I'm always amazed and challenged. Your expressions provide a feast within a famine of mundanity. ~ john
Acquah Avatar
April 17, 2022 at 12:52 PM
SUCH AS LIFE...EVERY 30 DAYS.
Acquah Avatar
October 1, 2017 at 8:02 PM
JOHN THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST CHERISHED COMMENTS. THANKS.
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