Eric Cockrell - Class Warfare,2011

class warfare?
you've hidden this one
well for years!

black and white,
red and brown,
northern, southern,
immigrants, prisoners....

male and female,
Baptist or Muslim,
old and young....

all human!
all hearts beating!
all have red blood.

there are only two
classes of people!
the 10 per cent
that own everything,
that own us...

and the 90 per cent
of us that are in bondage.
guess what! we've opened
our eyes! we're gonna
quit fighting each other!

now we're gonna turn our
anger on you!

every human being,
every single one,
should have equal rights
to work and eat and take
care of his/her family.

there shouldnt be hungry
children in the 21st century!
we shouldnt have to settle
for handouts and homeless shelters.

there is no reason to invade
other countries, to bomb them
and 'liberate' them at gunpoint!
war is a lie, and we're not
buying it anymore.

it is time for the human family
to be a family.... we wont accept less!

share the wealth, share responsibility!
NOW!

Eric Cockrell

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/class-warfare-2011/