Power Elite

We gave our blood,
Sweat, work and toil
To labor for this country
And defend its soil,
While a do-nothing power elite
Makes profits on the war and oil,
Their children never go to war
While ours die in places far,
They use religion, flag,
Mother and apple pie
As empty platitudes
While our children in the desert die,
The minimum wage they will not raise
For workers who starvation face.
Let's all rise up and shout:
'Throw those parasitic predators out!'

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz