When there's nothing healthy about being young, or old
When you stop listening
all you try to do is read
or watch the old movie
when you were young
or perhaps before
when the world was portrayed
with all its worst in a more
concrete fashion
And you think, they were smarter
with all their crap than we
are because they knew they
needed to change.
And that's pretty bad
because things were pretty
bad back then.
And now, all you got is social
media, nobody's talking to neighbors
And this ICE thing.
Hell, what makes a real person,
my grandparents were immigrants
from Ireland, and catholic
and lowlife's and we were
lucky, lucky as hell,
we were free, and we'd
fight for it to the last breath
this freedom that
was supposed to be
the promised land
in America, so wide
and open,
expansive, there is no other
promise
I know what is like to feel
safe, walk down the street,
talk if I like, to a stranger,
look them in the eye
like a dog, like a dog,
I can almost smell them,
because I am
an American dog,
or at least a hopeful
American dog
filled with virtue
and promise
towards a better
world,
I know, such nonsense,
but it's what
I dreamed of,
just the truth, like
so many of us
did, and still do.
We'll never give up on the promise
there's too much riding on it
the dream is that strong
I do know this!
It's more than inclusive,
it is all the world, every damn kind,
we are all the same, always were
in distinct ways, our diversity
shows the way, it's more than unique,
because we give a damn,
we aren't perfect, far from it,
we need to correct everything
we have done wrong, collectively by
understanding the truth as a people
And that is not easy, it's hard as hell.
Change modern monetary theory to encompass
distribution the world over.
And do it not by exploitation, but by good deed.
Who better to do such a feat than a fully diversified
democracy.
What then, you might ask.
Well first, you got to get there.
The answer to it, is more than
obvious!