Beatnik Poem

Klara Sulce

Why bring a defenseless human on the planet Earth?

Corrupt, monstrous land, why bother giving birth?

America..“Land of the free, home of the brave”

Recession in session, no money left to save..

Martin Luther King gave love to this nation..

He attempted to put a stop to segregation..

Yet racism lives on to this very day..

Someone always has something negative to say..

People slay day and night to get food on the table..

Some are less fortunate, they are unstable.

Rich people get and get and never give..

Selfish bastards, their impossible to forgive.

Hurricanes, earthquakes, death is always near..

Mothers in hysterics, their sons and daughters are not here..

Christmas time approaching, families are miles apart..

A soldier serving their country, risking their heart..

People seek to live through better days and nights..

What ever happened to people's civil rights?

Dreams shattered, promises broken..

Words that were left unspoken..

Babies crying, people dying, mothers weeping, fathers sleeping..

Soldiers fighting, animals biting, priests praising, criminals hell raising..

Birds singing, insects stinging, men cheating, woman breast feeding..

Love fading, women degrading, the sun setting, diseases spreading..

Why bring an innocent baby into a country full of devastation?

Where billionaires do not bother to make dollar donations..

Where government controls everything we do..

Surely now you will think things through..