Crude Black Water

Words overrated,  innocence lost

Privileged opinions suppress reality

While lusty politicians vie for corporate money

Media frightens the public eye with disaster

Foreclosing upon the pursuit of happiness

Imposing hardship among masses

Unavailable prescriptions on hold for approval

Voices of uneducated populations

Electing crude officials to manage humanity

While immigrant children  die in custody

All is well with the economy

No budget for education

None for medication

No money for operations

No honest answers given

All is well with the economy

Plenty jobs are listed as available

While not a soul in sight qualifies

Local transportation is prohibited by

Conflicting laws between state and federal

Preventing people from freedom

All is well in a developed country where

Homelessness is the fault of the impoverished

Law enforcement distributes evidence collected 

As street product and a way to set up enemies

Mass incarceration feeds privatized prisons

Under the guise of the 13th Constitutional Amendment

Donʻt speak the truth or youʻll offend

Keep your intelligence to yourself

Cover the eyes of children

Blind them from reality, that they

May endure the future of struggle

Deeply embedded in modern culture.

Modern civilized culture

Developing false dreams

Hopeless realities

Plastic islands

Crude black water

Kahala Lei

copyright June 2019