Teach Your Children Well
By Anthony E
He sat at the park well after dark
Moving his rook and his knight
A brown paper bag started to sag
With no place to go for the night
.
His long overcoat kept himself warm
The Windy City true to its name
Holes in his shoes feeling the blues
He smiles and puts no one to blame
.
Lost his job to the younger mob
Injured, received no sympathy
His severance pay was somehow delayed
Where's the planet's empathy?
.
Yet the blue marble keeps spinning
Most losing, few winning
Finding out and getting out, surreal
He doesn't think of panning, future is waning
Life isn't a deal or no deal
.
Why so many suffer, the rich need a buffer
Turn a blind eye to a visual reality
Skin color differs, the hands become stiffer
There's a difference between greedy and needy
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The world has created a monster
And left it to learn, it learns all on its own
A Frankenstein creature, a his and a her
Unjust and disgust to the bone
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Humankind is anything but kind
Locked doors and eight foot high fences
Breathe deep in your mind, hit the rewind
And dig yourself from selfish trenches
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Serve a soup kitchen, find what is missing
Teach your children and teach them well
Find life's passion teach them compassion
It's not too late to break from this Hell.
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What is our plan, to help our fellow man
To treat with sweet sincerity
Life is not chess, it's a state of duress
And man has nothing but his dignity
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So if you can help, support a lost cause
Hear the calling and answer the bell
You will see in the end, if you listen my friend
Your conscience will benefit as well.
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