Don’t know what to do
Don’t know what to say
I feel catastrophe looming
Or they grooming us for worse times ahead?
Can’t afford medicine, shelter or bread
The new word is “unhoused”, but they still live outside
Highest office in the land
Can’t create or articulate a cogent plan
No one can see beyond party affiliation
Feeling unsteady
In a constant state of agitation
Just because we make it sound prettier and say “unalive” doesn’t make them less dead
The world is swirling, swirling, swirling
I don’t care if Tommy wears a dress with better make up than mine
Or if Linda has her breasts removed as a sign of who she now is or no longer wants to be
I want to be able to make decisions about my own body
Without supreme and lofty judgement from strangers
My body, my decision
Breasts or no breasts
Baby or no baby
I care about kids being required to go to a place that we know is unsafe
And we send them and act like it is
Arming students with bulletproof backpacks
Like that's a normal thing to do on another normal morning
Which turns tragically abnormal
Still. We. Do. Nothing
I trusted this great country
And its citizens
I naively trusted those elected to lead
Yet wars are raging and so many bleed
And die
A child’s loftiest dreams land them as president
How did we get into such an ugly predicament
Once seen as the world’s most respected leader
Now laughed at and mocked on the international stage
Disrespected and ridiculed at home
Please stop this nightmare
I want a better dream
Yelling and shouting, name-calling every minute of every day
You can’t hear me, I can’t hear you, no regard for what we say
Or the meaning of words spoken
Or actions taken
Democracy is on the ballot
When will this nightmare of who we have become be over?
The glare of our present reality is so hard to digest when sober
Party over country
Lies over truth
Rudeness on full display
Nonstop
People acting like brats
Don’t forget to vote
And don’t forget
The dogs and the cats
Lou
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