Opportunity Is Everything, My Friends Poem by Hebert Logerie

Money is not everything
It is the opportunity
To hold a job to make money
To make a lot of money
Which is a darned thing
Opportunity is everything
Opportunity is good health
Opportunity is great wealth
Racism destroys the opportunity
For the employers
Racism destroys the opportunity
For the potential employees
Racism is intolerance
Racism is violence
Racism is unhappiness
Racism is an ugly mess
Racism destroys everything
Racism destroys fairness
Racism destroys equality
And creates un-lawlessness
And all types of sins
Including drug kingpins
Racism is used by the police
To arrest, frisk, shoot and kill
Life is priceless. Racism is injustice
Racism is the opposite of opportunity
Racism is bad, naughty and nasty
Believe me, opportunity is everything
And money is a small piece of the thing.

Copyright © June 2020, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.