where are the times
when people could rely
     more or less
on what their leaders
     whom they had elected
spoke and did?

when there was yet no need
to fact-check every other sentence
of presidential self-appraisals
or denigrating tweets about opponents?

after three years of suffering
through all shenanigans of the most blatant kind
it seems that rudeness, ignorance, and lies
have quietly become accepted as new normal

we've learned that people we elected
     to fight for our cause
can say one thing
     and then the opposite
throw in a lie or two
and nobody complains
or votes them out of their coveted offices

in fact
thanks to the wonderful examples of our leaders
we now have learned to distrust everybody
even ourselves

eight billion plus of unreliables

One who will give

Instead of take

Most of the income that they make

A lot of them are merely fake

They splash the cash but all the while

The guilt is there behind the smile

How do you think they made their pile?

The time we spend on this earth
Is fleeting
We waste so much time on the unimportant
We care too much about frivolous things
We don’t care about others
We encourage children to be selfless yet selfish
The media glorifies the selfish as well
We go through life with a blind eye turned
So many of us have never learned
How important it is to stick together
Every man for himself is the way we live
Yet without each other we have nothing to give
Someday we will all be dead
And there will be others living here instead
Greedy and selfish
Is how we will be remembered
This is not the life I wish to live, but there’s nothing I can do to change it
this is our life now.

When the voice of a seventeen year old girl holds more wisdom, sanity and truth than those who lead us.
When our leaders trade a prophet for a profit.
When there is easy money to be made from recovery rather than investment in change for the longer term.
When billionaires with vested interests set the policy.
Devastation and disaster, death and starvation have no political bias.
When will you add your voice and when will it be too late for you?
When eyes and ears give rise to voices that call out in fear for our very world will your apathy hold true?
Close your eyes.
Close your ears.
But even so your house will not be immune.

Given to err, things we not need
Another unnecessary complacent necessity
Take from a friend to give to another
Take it from me those in most need
Think to find a fuller path
Than be fed by idyllic standard greed

What Would You Do... " Just To Get Paid ... ?
  
Make Shady Moves or .... " ENTERTAIN " .... !!!
  
Well It Seems Nowadays That Many Try ... !!!    
By ... Playing The Game of ...  
    
"I'll comply, with anything and everything !  
Please just ensure that I get through doors,  
that make sure that, I won't be poor !"  
    
That's The Score With Money ****** ... !!!  
    
Men And Women EVEN Kids ...  
Are Used Just Like ... " Recycling Bins " ... !!!!!  
    
TOO MANY To Name Who ... " Play The Game " ...    
Just For GLAMOUR GLITZ And FAME ... !!!!!  
    
OR As Some Say ... Just To Get Paid ... !!!!!  
    
I Guess That's How The Story Goes ... ?!?  
    
"Money Makes People LIE DOWN !"  
    
Just Like Those Who Well ...    
...... YOU KNOW ....... !!!  
    
Stake The Claim That They Are ... " PRO's " ... !!!  
Some Host Shows On Radio ....  
OTHERS Make ... THOSE VIDEOS ... !!!!!    
    
The Type That PROVES ...    
They'll Lay Down FLAT Just To ACCRUE ... !!!  
    
A STACK of Cash ... !!!!!  
I've Seen A Few And That's A FACT ... !!!!  
    
You've Seen Em' TOO On MTV ... !!!  
Were You Thinking ... ******* ... !?!?!        
    
Come On Now PLEASE ... !!!!!!!  
Your Thoughts CLEARLY Are Quite UNCLEAN ... !!!!!  
    
Just Like THOSE Who'll Tow The Line ...    
To Get Piece of The ... " Devils Pie " ...  
    
CASH HUNGRY Types Who'll SELL THEIR SOULS ...  
Just To REACH ... Financial Goals ... !!!!!!  
    
It's Like Their Life Can Be DEFINED ...  
By Corporate Types Who ... SET The Price ... !!!  
    
It's CLEAR We're STILL In ... " SLAVERY TIMES " ... !!!!!  
    
Do The Strong ... SURVIVE ... ?!?    
Or Do WEAK Ones' THRIVE ... !?!    
These Days These Questions Enter Minds ...    
Who Make Selections ... WAY OUTSIDE ... !!!!!!!!!!!!  
Boxes NOW FILLED With Those Inclined ...  
    
To Show Some THIGH If The Price Is RIGHT ... !!!!!  
    
Women And Guys Who Have Weak Wills ...    
Will Fall In Line To Pay Their Bills ...    
    
The Question IS ... ?!?  
Would YOU Do This ... ?  
    
" OR " .......... Would I ... ???  
Well These Days I Might ... !?!  
    
HELL YEAH That's Right ... !!!!!    
Let Me ... " THINK About That " .............  
    
Did I Write THAT LINE ...  ?!?  
You See Sometimes WE ALL Have Times ...    
Where Cash Becomes The Thing We Love ...    
    
"If I had cash, i'd **** my ride !"  
    
"If I had her cash, i'd party all night !"  
    
Ask Yourself THIS Do You Want THAT Life ... ?!?  
Where Some Will Want To TAKE ...    
EVERYTHING In Your Place And ENVY You ... !!!!!  
    
Do You Think That's ... COOL ... ?!?  
    
There's A Price To Pay ...    
For BIG BUCKS And ... " FAME " ... !!!    
    
You May Find These Days That It's NOT So Great ... !!?!!    
When You See Your Face It'll Be THE SAME ... !!!  
And SURGERY Can't Change The Blood IN YOUR VEINS ... !!!  
    
CHOICES You Make May Well ... DICTATE ...  
How Happy You Are In Your ... " FINAL DAYS " ...    
    
Money CAN'T SAVE YOU From YOURSELF ... !!!!!!!!!  
    
It's A Path Many Choose But DON'T Be FOOLED ... !!!!  
Money WON'T Make People ... LIKE YOU ... !!!  
    
It's How You LIVE And The Things You DO ...    
That In The End WILL ..... DEFINE YOU ..... !!!!!  
    
ALL The Money You Make ...    
DOESN'T Make You GREAT ... !!!!!  
    
These Days There's ...    
SO MUCH MORE AT STAKE ... !!!!!    
    
Like Finding LOVE In A World of HATE ... !!!!!  
    
We NEED To FEED Young Brains ...    
As Well As ... " ENTERTAIN " ... !!!!!  
    
And DISPENSE With HATE On The Basis of Race ... !!!!!  
It Seems These Days That My Style of Wordplay ...    
    
ISN'T Deemed To Be Worthy of A Minimum Wage ... ?!?  
    
But That's OKAY ...    
When I Reach Old Age ...    
I'll Be PROUD To Say ... !!!  
    
That I DIDN'T COMPROMISE ... !!!  
My LOVE For THE ART Just To Be A ... " Pop Star "  
Or For RICHES ... Or For FAME ....  
    
There's SO MUCH MORE To This ... !!!!!    
Than ... Writing Scripts ...  
    
...... " Just To Get Paid " ......

It's a crying shame
The pursuit of our own wealth lights a flame
That makes greed a game that lets the whole world
burn
As the world turns, the whole world burns
Money was invented for trade
But now those bits of paper twist hearts, make
slaves
Turns a saint to a sinner
A child to a killer
His finger on the trigger of a money game