I despair for those
who will outlive me
their world soon enough
will become horrific
getting even worse
through all their days
voting and all that
never fixes anything
the elected President
always belies the campaign
Wall Street gets anything
it wants rich getting richer
nobody protests money anyway
because everybody wants it
and here's the final insult
Nature is sick of us
Nature is sick of us
before we're sick of ourselves
instead of riots in the streets
earthquakes floods and fissure
and as we await Death
we cry out for God
passing the buck
even at the end
in one final gasp
rejecting responsibility
--Charles Deemer
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