Who gives a damn about the crying man?
What about human beings they’re treated so mean
Some are more concerned about animals and beast
While they treat their own kind the (human race) the least
What about fair housing
What about unpaid student loans
Some politicians say “Squash that, our hearts are made of stone”
What about well paying jobs for all, that’s the greatest call
What about the environment, how much more abuse can it stand?
It’s not about cigarette smoke that’s destroying the ozone
It is man-made chemicals, halogens, chlorine and bromine that’s
Destroying the land
When it’s too late the crying man will dissipate
And those who turned their heads will meet their fate
Trump the President Acrostic
By Franklin Price
1/14/2017
The twentieth is coming soon
Reserved inauguration day
Undeserving is the one
Most democrats still say
President, he will become then anyway
The people's vote has spoken
He's there for swearing in
Entering the top spot with a win
Postulating possibilities
Resigned to make the deal
Everyone will watch him
Show what made his appeal
Installing walls on borders
Delivering for the vet
Engaging with his tweeting
None have fired him as yet
Touting jobs for all the citizens, you bet!
Standing at the train station
thousands of people around
a father arguing with his child
the child had joined a gang
He hoped to take her home
but with fifty kids in the gang
he had no hope
the child was lost never to see a future
kids without jobs
join together as groups
those groups become gangs
somebody introduces drugs
drugs cost money
home invasions
provide the money for drugs
the child is lost to violence and pain
society becomes riddled with violence
and pain
give the child a job
they save to build a home
they meet and fall in love
they build a future together
the child becomes a man
the man becomes a father
the path to success
comes on the back bone
of hard work
your future is up to you.
Investing together
we can build the jobs
that change the life
of our children
we can make the future
that brings peace to our city's
we can make a future
that brings peace to our world
If every man and woman
refused to pick up a gun
there could be no more wars
the world would be at peace.
It everybody invested
in creating company's
there would be jobs for all the people
we could overcome poverty
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