The Common Room
there's something now in America's room
to give us a sense of uncommon gloom
may be a smart guy, a financial advisor
with a hundred minus 99 an uncommon divisor
the room's haves, still have, the not, don't
99 of a hundred want redress, 1 other won't
is the Right right? does the Left remain?
has all of America gone a little insane?
do the Occupy folks occupy this room's hearts
do citizen's lives jerk on in fits-n-starts?
at their tea party did Alice and the Hatter
sip cool-aid or tea, or really know the matter
with all the other people, or too, themselves,
red queen, a rabbit, maybe a few dozen elves
is it right to just shout "off with their heads!"
shouldn't we consider a more humane way instead
acknowledge that we all have some common good
to better care for each other, at least we should
Johnny Appleseed knew well what the future held
so he planted for generations to come and dwell
under a tree of life, growing our tree of mankind
tying us to our brothers would knots that align
there's plenty of shade under one nation's tree
with our common good a precedent, a standard to be
© Goode Guy 2012-01-20
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