Change
The deserving and undeserving poor
Will be forever with us so it seems,
At least as long as capitalism’s
Allowed to remain. Poverty and war
Are its indelible marks, that might be
Obscured for a while by some cosmetic
Concealer, liberally applied by a sleek
Politician, who’s not actually free
To do much else, as it’s accountancy
That must have the final decisive say
While capital continues to hold sway,
The determinant of philosophy.
It’ll not change the world unless and until
Real change has become the popular will.
D. A.