feeling tariffic
a bozo of a baby ~
slapping us silly
a three ring circus
waging war with a carney ~
the best show on earth
Segregated schools
Segregated hospitals
Segregated neighborhoods
Segregated employment
Segregated politics
Segregated life
Segregated churches
Since when did governors offer advice
on the NBA draft, teams just roll the dice
Josh Shapiro told ‘his team’
Ace Bailey’s low self-esteem
Pick him and tickets will go for half-price
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Notes: NBA = National Basketball Association
Mr. Shapiro is the Governor of Pennsylvania
His team - the team he cheers for - is the Philadelphia 76ers
Ace Bailey is a good collegiate player with 'issues'
In streets of struggle, where poverty reigns
A youthful cry, with futures in chains
Limited options, and resources scarce
Leads to desperation, and a troubled stance
Low-income homes, with stress and strife
Parental struggles, and a child's lost life
Unmet needs, and unfulfilled dreams
Fuel the fire, of juvenile schemes
Education's key, but doors are locked
Opportunities scarce, and futures blocked
Jobless parents, with no way to provide
Leave children vulnerable to the streets' tide
Neighborhoods plagued, by crime and fear
Youthful energy, misdirected here
Gangs and violence, a deadly allure
A false sense of belonging, in a world obscure
Socio-economic chains, that bind and sway
Influence choices, in a troubled way
Delinquency rises, as hopes decay
A cycle of strife, in a world gone gray
Break the chains, and lift the veil
Provide opportunities, and education's sail
Empower families, and communities too
To give youth a chance, to make a brighter hue.
as Niger becomes
the fastest African economic
growth in three months
of the new government,
nigeriens see importance
of their rise.
As Niger will be
the 4th fastest economic
growth in the World in 2024,
many Africans see
the importance to destroy
neo-colonisation.
Amidst the world of commerce and trade
Lies the foundation of our daily brigade
Economy, the heart of our monetary system
A complex structure that we can't help but listen
It's a web of transactions and values
Where supply and demand leads to venues
Where products are sold and services are bought
And every penny counts, or else it's for naught
The stock markets rise and fall like tides
And investors fear a recession that hides
Inflation and deflation are two sides of the coin
That can make or break a nation's join
The GDP is a measure of growth
But at times, it only reflects a mirage both
Unemployment rates can hit the roof
And bring the entire economy down with a woof
As we delve deeper into this world of money
We realize it's a system that's not funny
For it affects every aspect of our lives
From the way we eat to the roof over our heads and our drives
So let us learn to navigate this economic sea
And try to build a world that's free
From the shackles of poverty and strife
And where prosperity is a part of life.
The letters that spell "economic"
Hide both INCOME and MICE
It would be "comic" if "no" women inside
Left just "men" with family responsibilities
When Politics is preferred over Economics this condition happens.One feels sorry for the young and poor;however,the rich,the elite and the politicians are eating biryani and drinking whisky,waiting for their UK visas to be expedited.India became secular and Pakistan non secular.India is way ahead of Pakistan.As usual,they never discuss zafar supari and najeeb sultan type people eating up
all the money.The exponential growth in Pakistan's population which exerts tremendous pressure on resources.Bhutto says We will eat grass,even go hungry,but we will get one of our own Atom bomb now enjoy Economic Crisis. Note.Najeeb Sultan Millionaire & Zafar Gold Khan Billionaire are you HAPPY??
Go Man, Go with Liz.
That girl's got so much whizz.
Say goodbye to sorrows
as she, borrows, borrows, borrows.
Our nation's fortune waxes
the more she cuts those taxes.
She relishes a fight,
not she some 'Maggie Lite'.
Macron and Putin shake and shudder
Now 'tis Liz who holds the rudder.
A nature food chain
Linkng the carnivorous and the herbivorous
May be simple
And so an economic food chain within man
The rich and the poor
The poor works hard for the rich with low wage
But when the rich dumps the rubbish
The poor can collect it and sell for some money
Garbage in a disposable bag
May be useless to the rich
But a treasure to the poor
A nature food chain can be complex
too
The same for man's during the rise in prices
The seller only raises the prices to get the same profits
But the buyer pays the extra expenditures
Without someone sharing the burden
The chain goes on and on
And the rich becomes richer
And the poor remains poorer
Tenebrous night steals autumn days,
Invading ink subtracts the breath of light,
With tarnished mingling edge,
With dusty dusk’s laments.
Tenebrous night of immutable grave,
Infiltrating melanin loots the golden glow,
Where criminal and crucifix sink,
Where dream and delirium drown.
We are merely complexions of being
With frivolous hearts,
Chalking pigment lines to cleave
The cloak of skin we all share,
Chasing the encasing that divides us.
Across the planet, lines of disparity,
Lines of uneven imparity,
Across the globe, lines of ruling class,
Lines of the toilers and indigent class.
We are merely complexions of being
Carving rich from poor,
Along lines of race and class.
We dread what may come to pass.
Tenebrous night our final gasp,
The tenuous squandered
Dwindling light we grasp.
Published in Dissident Voice: November 28th, 2021
Economic disaster
Our economy is dying
Still we are locked down
We are lossing our incomes
We are going out of business
We can't survive for too long
We are fighting as
We still worry what each day bleeds
Economic disaster
The boss is out of job
The middle class are dying
This economical clash
Is a slap to our daily lives
Our bread must be old and cold
Our cupboards are so empty
We are running out of food
Hunger kills us by daily bases
Yet our politicians still promise
Us a hopeless future
Y-ucky
E-pidemic
T-erribly
H-alts
M-an's
E-xpenditure
N-otoriously
D-isabling
E-conomic
Z-one
Topic: Birthday of Yeth U. Mendez (June 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Horn Haiku LES
straighten out trump mess
his voters are les
do wear pants or dress
The lower the LES, IQ,
level of education the
more likely they are to
vote. Wonder how many
TINO's there are. (Trump
In Name Only). The more
likely voter is a male, the
more likely they will vote
for Trump. Do you remember
"Turn Lights on for Admiral."
Trump supporters need to
start seeing the light.
Jim Horn
A tree breaths out
into spring budding leaves
and in through deeply engaged roots,
a respiring inspiring system
of organic confluence.
Yet each leaf
also supports dialogue
inhaling carbon
and exhaling oxygen.
This tree,
wiser than me,
does not internally debate supremacy
of diverse incoming powers,
nutrition nurturing opportunities
multiculturing
Which is most important,
producing leaves
or producing oxygen?
Which is most significant,
short term recreation
or long term ecosystemic health?
Producing leaves
producing oxygen
producing water
producing fertile soil,
producing trees...
An ecosystemic relationship
breathes out into budding spring
of organic ego-minded leaves,
equally supported by one trunk body
inclusively imported through interactive root systems
Born of Earth
and light
and water,
Cerebral power
and flowing natural nurture
Sacred wind
penetrating
seas of opportunity,
Root empowering systems
not substituting unrestrained egocentric growth
today
for healthy eco-maturation
tomorrow.
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