The People …
"I am here because I want to be among my friends and among
the people,”
the people,”
The people seem not to care for the actual truth
& appear quite happy in their pretence,
& appear quite happy in their pretence,
the people think we’re going to hell in a hand
basket & its brown folks fault,
basket & its brown folks fault,
the people are mightily concerned with
who belongs & who doesn’t,
who belongs & who doesn’t,
the people wear red hats & wave
Great America signs,
Great America signs,
the people think All Lives Matter which
misses the point completely,
misses the point completely,
the people are mostly white folks but darker folks
can get hustled behind the podium for the TV,
can get hustled behind the podium for the TV,
the people don’t seem to watch the same
newsreels as you & I,
newsreels as you & I,
the people scorn the media & don’t much
like the news at all to be honest,
like the news at all to be honest,
the people sing Christian hymns & all but
forget the words of the humble Christ,
forget the words of the humble Christ,
the people think tiny Syrian refugees carry
some sort of bacillus or suicide-vests,
some sort of bacillus or suicide-vests,
the people are having a love affair with a two-faced,
debt-ridden carney hustler who they
think holds all the answers,
debt-ridden carney hustler who they
think holds all the answers,
the people forgive him so much,
and forget everything he's ever done,
and forget everything he's ever done,
the people ...
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