Good People

Want what we have

hate how we get it

on the backs of many

who sweat and bleed

for nothing

that’s how we get

what we need

we can’t afford

to pay a price

that’s not robbing

somebody, somewhere

caught in the mad web

of making ends meet

there’s a split

we can’t help yet

the veil is opaque

the pattern complex

the organized chaos

the choices made for us

the spin that directs us

to want and need what we have

to go into debt

and struggling to pay it

too distracted

to look around

that’s how it goes down

and no one vote we cast

will get us past

this global mega-boss

getting scroogier by the day

Most Americans can’t yet say

When – How did this happen?

We were so on top of our game

but like an uh oh - check mate

we’ve been tamed

we’ve been played

and the rules have been changed

allowing money to make laws

elect puppets, hide evidence

wear down foes

to keep it the same

till the people in numbers

feel enough of the pain

not to just mask it

not to stay lit

but to actually call out

and take care and get fit

and with a feverish pitch

call themselves to order

in towns, cities and states

even though it seems late

to force the players

in the House and Senate

to negotiate

till votes and laws

are the people’s again and

honest is legit

and money and people

are more joined than split

and shared the way

good people can do.

Good people make

deals that are sweet

and care for each other

and it isn’t a bother

and the motivated

may be richer

but not by

robbing or raping

the land or our neighbors

of their oil or whatever

the some bodies everywhere,

caught like most of us

no kidding,

in the mad web

of making ends meet.