What’s Happening Here
the White House a southern bell by design
this gated plantation slave made foundation defies time
for history tells only a few truths
stories lost and made-up to keep peoples and troops
under political thumbs and eyes of drones
families captive in prison-like homes
folks drunk on toxic food, drugs, liquor and beer
keeping brains and minds unclear
tv and news instilling division and fear
veiling the global systematic slavery
something we all have chosen not to believe
so when you’re through hammering your last nail
retirement parties and plaques that honor and hail
when you finally sit back and toss up your feet
be prepared — your ass might end up on the street
for the Tax Man will be knocking at your door
because you’ve paid all your life but your owners want more
don’t bother your friends or neighbors asking for money or help
the majority has been programmed to only think about themselves
lost in the chaos, dazed on the couch watching life on a screen
so they don’t have to experience reality of such extremes
here where violence, killing and war is accepted
daily nightmares are televised and expected
people’s lives played like monopoly by the Oligarchy
debt masquerades as wealth and health is a commodity
civil rights and privacy is a thing of the past
privatized prisons full with People of Color and low-income caste
seeds and living beings are patented and sold
corporations running the world ragged for oil, money and gold
clean air, food and water is scarce
chemical pollution and global warming destruction is fierce
power, money and guns are more important than lives
political corruption and division continue arguments and fights
over 50% of population popping pills just to get out of bed
gender and racial inequality keep people from moving ahead
it’s ok to lie, cheat, steal and take others resources and lands
have we as a country lost our humanity and compassion?
sometimes I wonder how all of this happened
and continues to go on — unquestioned
*Poem from Heirs of November
KM Sharp
KM Sharp is a poet, writer, MSW, activist, producer, and photographer originally from Saint Louis, Missouri. She moved to Los Angeles, California and now lives as a digital nomad traveling and exploring the world and currently resides in Mexico. For the past 13 years, she has slow traveled throughout the world gathering experiences and stories to share through her poetry, writings, and photography. Her most recent nomadic adventures have been to South East Asia, Oceania, Europe, and Mexico.