now i paid good money
to rent this place
but it ain’t no
american dream
just a second floor apartment
where watching your step
becomes a way of life
carefully ascending
this stairway to heaven
becomes a way of avoiding
a shortcut to the hereafter
you may have noticed
i change the outside
decoration depending on
who’s in power
that way maybe
i’ll get a job
see i found
that the folks who
make it in the world
are willing to
go with the flow
sellout to the highest bidder
now i know
you think that’s wrong
but hell think ’bout
all those folks
we elected
promised to do what’s best for the country
and child
what did they do when they got there
started doing things like everybody else
the old doctor jeckel and hyde syndrome
but you can’t blame them
look at the mess the world’s in
they just want to keep their job
so they
give the voters what they don’t need
and probably shouldn’t have
shine shoes for some corporate bigwig
with your voting ballot
but let’s be honest
one has to lookout for their
own retirement benefits
so although it’s taken me awhile
i’ve learned my lesson well
This poem is really a duel challenge one photo challenge from Toni Cross and a second written challenge from John Holmes. With any luck at all I’ve managed to’ hit two birds with one stone’ as they say. They are both friends…well they were right up to the time that I published this response to their challenges.
Poignant and very sad.
About the photo, I find the house kind of quaint 🙂
You made a strong point here… At the end of the day, it all comes down to looking for oneself.. sometimes, it becomes difficult to tell if it’s good or bad.. 😦 Makes us question our decisions so many times!
A lovely read, Charles… as ever ofcourse!
I like the stream of consciousness going on here.
Bravo! Well done. Action is prudent, but is it right?
Well done thou good and faithful servant. Well done, indeed.
You’re awesome with challenges! I’m so glad to see that the ‘tradition’ is being skillfully upheld 😉
You said enough
so that I would have no questions.
Great descriptions to satisfy
all of the Why’s & What For’s and
You’ve gotta love that picture… it’s got Soul!
~Denise
Love how you start out at one point and take us completely somewhere else. Also, I love the photo. It looks like something I actually rented in New Orleans in grad school.
Like it! Hehehe… it fits the picture perfectly.
So sad…loved the image..compliments your poem so well. x
Of people want to see the third world they need not leave the USA.
I could just picture the person talking…possibly chewing on a blade of grass…as they reveal this stream of consciousness…a saddnes painted in their eyes as they gaze off to the horizon…
Another great poem 😉
Good blend of rant and poetry to express frustration with current affairs.
New slogan–Change we can rely on (?)
Great photograph!
Hey, folks gotta do what folks gotta do. All that from a photo…impressive, and poignant. Well done, My Friend
dear friend,
its simply fabulous. the story of your and my country resembles quite a lot.
you are a marvelous poet.
best of luck!
enjoyed this very much –