I dare you...write a poem about this <br />As they wait with raised fist <br />A true tale of misery and pain <br />Price gouging sorrow is insane <br /> <br />Women and children in distress <br />While too slow decisions manifest <br />Politically correct has no place <br />Some believe it's all about race <br /> <br />The answer escapes my racked brain <br />It doesn't matter as things remain <br />You have your opinion and I have mine <br />I see shame, others only see crime <br /> <br />Homeland Security, where are you now <br />Watching your own die, I wonder how <br />In foreign lands thrusting power <br />Losing time at home with each hour <br /> <br />Conserve energy, give more, take less <br />Still thousands die in their own mess <br />I'm a human being first, American as well <br />I depise the direction of this tale <br /> <br />I dare you to write a poem about this <br />Will you sugar-coat it and be remise <br />Not mention the truth of the faces <br />While fibers of humanity leave no traces <br /> <br />I dared, and did, and I accept the wrath. <br /> <br /> <br />September 2005<br /><br />Billy Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-dare-you-write-a-poem-about-this/
