People Over Politics, World Over Wealth!

Pick Your Poison ~ Philip Brent Harris

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We act, our worth next to nothing
as many of us struggle to survive.
While mountebanks and madmen
set rules, they always change again.
With religion to say, we must wait
that our reward comes after we die.
Our governments no longer rule us;
I’m uncertain they ever really have.
They fight to keep our world crazy
send our children off to kill and die
while their masters fill their needs.
For need begets need, power craves
power. More addiction conquers us.

Still, I wake up each morning seeking
a hope and happiness I learned young.
mine by right or some other glibness.
And I have never thought I am dumb.
I can see I swallowed down the story
that everyone can be their best, rise or
climb to the top of any mountain peak.
We are fed a steady diet of such swill.
We may never purge our systems and
not because we’re too weak, think we
are owed a miracle or some magic pill.
We consume this tale in our packaged
formula from first breath until boot hill.

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Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,

Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment 

Unite the World!

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