our beloved P.I.C

how many people in the

good ol’ us of a

are currently in prison?

how much profit does the

good ol’ us of a need

this year?

how many people does

corporate america have to

pay at least minimum wage?

how many unions are left

to fight corporate america?

how many politicians pretend

to oversee the corporations that

are pulling their strings from

wall st.?

how many people still think that

“voting” is the answer in this

“democracy?”

how many people are happy with

no health care?

how many people are excited about

president hope & change’s idea about

forcing us to buy health care, so we

can all be slaves to the HMO’s?
how many people are hooked on the

drugs that big pharm is peddling?

how many politicians are in big pharm’s

pockets?

 

take Cali as a prime example,

where the prisons outnumber the universities,

because to lock us up is to gain a worker

who will be forced to work for the wages

that corporations & companies

get from those in Mexico & China,

but they don’t even have to leave the US---

what a lovely land

when the privatization of prison production

can consolidate the market

by pushing the citizens of this empire

into a new slavery,

one in which all those still safe & behind

their white picket fences,

nod in complacent agreement at

when questioned about it---

one in which those of us struggling outside

the bars, but one step away from being

hauled in, are forced to feel better without

health care, hooked on drugs pushed by

the biggest “legal” dealers in the world,

at the mercy of outright liars & thieves

who surf the streets of downtown Manhattan

with the president turning his head every time

something wrong goes down, with the military

& police armed & ready to take on anyone

who might want to shake up this status quo,

with those on the other side of their screens

trembling like sheep being surrounded by

hungry wolves.