Everybody knows. 2026 version. Please remember Renee Good.
Everybody knows
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
I awoke pissed off today. Then my Poet of music Leonard Cohen set me off to describe my emotion.
(I borrow a few lines from Leonard Cohen.
Sometime we need to learn emotion and feelings
from people who lived a long life.)
Everybody knows.
(Old poem with a rewrite. Today my USA is struggling. Once respected USA. In one year.
The president made USA a joke. Republican party are puppets and the leaders in Washington
D.C. Doing little. We need leaders who want to feed the children, we need leader who want to ensure
the USA is the peacekeeper of our world. Not supplying weapons to hateful countries that destroy cities and murder children, women and men in the way of the greed for land and oil.)
Mr. President. Did you see the food prices? Poor people making minimum wage won’t be
giving lunch money to their kids. You promise to stop taxing waitress tips? You promised
to take down food prices. Where is your Tariff money going?
The poor will be eating ramen noodles for lunch at work.
Must decide to fill gas tank or pay bills. Poor cities in the USA are getting the left over.
Do you give a shit?
Who are these mask men? They are called ICE. Who do they work for?
The bloody rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. The one percent of the USA made biggest profit the past year ever by sucking the last dollar and hope from the people. The oil company sells us the oil they bought six months or more ago at highest price they can get, and no-one cares.
Where are you Mr. President? Playing Golf.
“Was the fight already fixed.”
We have a rich man president?
Everybody knows.
House representatives. 435 men and woman.
I saw your budget.
2.3 million per representative to live on per year.
Stop feeding the children and stop ensuring the families can survive.
How many people have nothing in your states?
How many people are homeless?
Are the schools teaching the future of the USA properly?
Do you walk your streets and see the pain?
No equality in the USA yet.
Babies being born in the poor cities.
With one foot in the grave at the beginning.
New Wars are being fought. Non-war President attacking in every direction.
No-one knows why we are fighting anymore.
President wants 1.5 trillion for war and making the war contractors richer.
The rich man knows why.
Poor man born to serve at eighteen.
Hell of a world!
When going to war is better than to swim in the waste and shit.
Senate.
I won’t waste words on them.
I hear. Here or there of them.
A group of useless people serving their needs.
I pray
I pray to the sky, the water and the earth.
Sent wisdom to the men in-charge.
Please ensure all children have food in their belly.
Please lord of life and earth.
ensure all children have a warm bed to sleep in.
Please lord.
Give opportunity and strength to the people in need.
We need a miracle.
War and hate are controlling my world.
Please sent some Angels of love and peace to aid.
We could use them today.
Thank you
I awoke with fear and
I fear for tomorrow.
What will our children have left?
What have we done?
I hated my father for doing nothing.
Now am I any better?
I believe I did less.
Will my children despise me for doing nothing.
It is time to yell.
Write to the leaders. All of them.
Demonstrate in the streets.
Tell the President, we don’t need armed men roaming our cities for you.
Poor man will pay for the greed of the rich man controlling the USA.
Everybody knows.
Does anyone in Washington D.C care?
Coyote