So-Shall-Ism
when everyone has nothing
we will fight for scraps of bread
while the dogs are eating gourmet food
our school kids dine on things long dead
when all of “us” are equal
except the ones on top
we’ll eat the roots and spit the dirt
while “they” consume the crop
when all the words are “numbered”
with a level of “perception”
the talking heads and asses
will use mathematical deception
when the minds of children
are constrained by “liars” truth
and street corner rantings
the lonely voice of youth
there will be a rebellion
not of weapons but of words
refashioned into ploughshares
the uprising - tongues as swords
when everyone has nothing
something must cease to be
when everyone has closed their eyes
only the blind will see
John G. Lawless
©3/14/2018
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