'the poor will remain poor'

 

the riots

  

I've watched this city burn twice 
in my lifetime
and the most notable thing
was the arrival of the
politicians in the
aftermath
proclaiming the wrongs of
the system
and demanding new
policies toward and for the
poor.

nothing was corrected last 
time.

nothing will be corrected this 
time.

the poor will remain poor.

the unemployed will remain
so.
the homeless will remain
homeless

 

and the politicians,
fat upon the land, will live
very well.

 

 

Charles Bukowski