Social Issues

Weapons and mass destruction
Traffic congestion

Infrastructure deterioration
Human experimentation

Child Abuse and Molestation
Church-State Separation

Toxic waste and unemployment
Exorbitant education

Police corruption and abuse
Alcoholism,Grey Goose

Can’t smoke indoors 
Can’t smoke outdoors

Big Brothers mouth roars
“STOP the POLLUTION”

When it’s big businesses
That has the solution
To air pollution

It’s not the consumers
So stop spreading those rumors

Medicare and Medicaid Reform
Trying to set the norm

Compared to
Money Laundering

And the show that some
Perform

Media Bias
Would stop if we only had
More Zechariah's 

Homelessness
In the U.S

It’s not a good reflection of America
Doing its best

Women fighting
For their equal rights

And racism lingering 
Day and night

Change must be bold
And in Highlight
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Sietesantos Avatar
November 13, 2014 at 10:56 AM
Hi Laura, you have so excellently highlighted the major issues our country is facing in this well-written piece! Thank you for calling attention to them because we need to keep them on our social, political, and religious agendas. Bravo! Pandita
Wash Avatar
November 25, 2014 at 8:22 PM
Thank you Pandita, your comment is encouraging
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