Liberal Portland
Where in a dingy church basement
An old white man
Screams at a young black girl
And the crowd follows suit
Liberal Portland
Where a Black Lives Matter
And a Love is Love sign
Sit in the windows of a family
Protesting an affordable housing complex
In their neighborhood
Liberal Portland
Where anybody can move
Into a house near me
Unless they once
Lived in a tent
Liberal Portland
Where women are celebrated
Except for the addicts
Liberal Portland
Where we protest 45
Cheer 46
Protest war
Cheer diversity
Protest police
Cheer freedom to marry
Protest drones
Cheer equality
Protest hate
Cheer love
And lock up folks
For the crime of sleeping
Liberal Portland
Six figures for the rich
Jail for the poor
Liberal Portland
Where you belong
As long as you have walls
A locked door
And a shower
Liberal Portland
Hearts of stone
In a pillowy casing
Liberal Portland
Where
Performative
Kindness
Is
Enough
This post is sure not to piss off anybody…
Anyway,
What I’m listening to:
The clockers born, starin' at an empty plate
Mama's torn hands cover her sunken face
We hungry but them belly full
The structure is set, ya never change it with a ballot pull
damn. this is so true.