Priorities And Profit Poem by Eric Cockrell

how many soup kitchens closed down...
...lack
.....of
........funding!

how many homeless shelters.....
...lack
.....of
.......funding.

how many clinics shut down....
...they're
......not
........profitable.....

how many banks and lending institutions
did
...we
.....bail
.......out?

what about Chrysler and Gm?

how many oil companies pay
little
....or
......no
........taxes?

who sets these priorities?
...and even more important,
.........why
...........do
.............we
...............allow
..................it?

there's more to being human
than
..........profit!