the riots By Charles Bukowski

I've watched this city burn twice 

in my lifetime

and the most notable thing

was the arrival of the

politicians in the

aftermath

proclaiming the wrongs of

the system

and demanding new

policies toward and for the

poor.

nothing was corrected last 

time.

nothing will be corrected this 

time.

the poor will remain poor.

the unemployed will remain

so.

the homeless will remain

homeless

and the politicians,

fat upon the land, will live

very well.


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