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By D. R. DiFrancesco
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What is it they say,
With age comes wisdom,
This I hope and pray to be true,
Yet repeatedly this comes into question,
Seeing rigidity replace compassion.
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I’ve become an oddity,
As liberal replaces conservative,
Demonized by those on the right,
If inclusion and compassion are evil,
I am guilty as charged.
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A question, why the word liberal,
What does this mean,
Race, creed, color, do not define,
Not treating those in need as parasites,
When cut do we all not bleed.
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To be liberal is to be human,
Loving our brothers and sisters,
Sexual orientation is not a choice,
Discrimination has consequences,
Do not judge until you have walked in anothers shoes.
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Should this not be called compassionate,
Where is the evil,
You would rely on man’s goodwill to offer up benevolence,
Would you part with your fortune for the sake of another,
I think not, out of sight out of mind.
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You feel robbed…no, cheated,
Reliance on charity alone has foundered,
Those in need are not criminals,
They have not picked your pockets,
Though you cry foul and claim that they have.
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You laugh as we cry,
The spotted owl, the lizard, the toad have no voice of their own,
Clean air, clean water, clean ocean, open land,
Jokes told at meetings on Wall Street,
How sad to be held captive to money.
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Global warming…a lie you proclaim,
As premium flows into your Bentley,
Anti-capitalist scientists must be fudging the data,
Ask those afflicted by Sandy,
Say goodbye to the polar bear.
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You hoard your cash and earthly possessions,
Showing nary a care for your fellow man,
Nary a care for the world you so lackadaisically plunder,
What use is your great wealth to your progeny,
When you have spoiled that which sustains them.
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You call me liberal, un-American, anti-capitalist,
Your opinion means little to me,
If greed and inhumanity are what make me American,
Then I bow out of this club,
I’d rather you thank me for making this a better world in spite of you.
Dom DiFrancesco 