Best Living Wage Poems

Donald, what are you doing with all those trash cans?
Building a wall Mom, I have some great plans.
Don't worry Mom the neighbor will pay,
I'll make...

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Sorry your kids can't come into
school today

As all the teachers are out on strike
wanting better pay

So are the doctor's and nurses and
paramedics as well

If you...

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Learning disabled, hopelessly unemployed
Troy can't write the address for his next interview.
Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.
His girlfriend, Trinity, also unemployed,
with one child...

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The American Presidential Election on 8th November 2016
Will determine the nation’s future policies and government
Its candidates will qualify by caucuses and primaries successes
And all most...

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It seems it takes reams of paperwork to get things done nowadays.
You can become so snarled in red tape that it'll leave you in a...

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Prowling predator in a starless night.
No one knew when it began.
Have we forgotten all the lies about Vietnam,
the predatory newspeak from Pentagon deception?

Prowling predator in...

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They wage war on the poor
Selling their souls what for
But for gluttony and greed
Dissension is what they breed
Harmony and discord
A duality we can't afford
People die...

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A Cry From a Server  

We stand on our feet for 12 hours for you. 
We provide you with delicious sustenance. 
We support your...

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The Boss Up in His Tower
By Franklin Price
12/8/2016

The boss up in his tower, and the worker down below
Had somehow disconnected, how it happened who's to...

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A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to...

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I could not do what you are mandated to do
every day on society's justice bench,
weighing retributive justice 
against restorative healing.

I cannot look with any comfort
at...

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How can we take pride in a country
that is sliding into dissolution and chaos?
We praise ourselves for ending slavery.
yet racial prejudice is still much with...

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no giving up
no giving in 
dont kill yourself 
from that 
you cant repent 
once was lost
 now
 lets begin 
Divine is here 
destined to win
till...

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we're more than just a face behind the counter who says "can i help you please?" 
and our vocabulary is not just limited to "do...

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We can see how a black and white page
Work together creating a sage
Though Black is The Word
Before it is heard
The blank white page earns the...

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