COLD SHOULDER

Palm leaves limp,
water above the knee
most cannot flee the
catastrophy,

with no food or shelter
hands reaching in the dark,
a President without a heart,
and an anger left to swelter,

and many in need, one
too many pleas for assistance,
no help before business,
the American way,

betraying the needs
of a people, and a feeble
attempt at relief,
a devastation that's real,
if only they could feel what
its like to live there for a day.