Must Not Offend

Must Not Offend

Parents ignore their children's aches
When they can't afford what caring will take.
No insurance, no money, their ills to attend.
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

Layoffs are scheduled down at the plant
While the deficit rises and pay it we can't.
Raise the limit, for Walmart's the trend.
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

Civil rights are only meant to be broken
When the rules restrict and our president's spoken.
Only they know what evils portend,
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

A city is drowned and lost in the flood
Which cakes its streets in toxic mud.
Residents still wait for promised amends,
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

The elderly wade through bureaucracy's jargon
Waiting to sign for their latest bargain.
They'll save their money, Medicare contends.
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

They've now discovered education's a mess.
Middle class can't afford it, they all confess.
So cut the funding for grants to lend,
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

Take your eyes off the lies and focus on gays,
Women's choice and all our moral decays.
One faith under God is all we'll defend.
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

While we're at war we must not dissent.
What kind of an image would that present?
Support our troops by towing dead ends.
Sit on the fence, we must not offend.

Those in power have made all the rules.
They hold the house and the crown jewels.
What they are thinking, we can't comprehend,
But sit on the fence, we must not offend.

Copyright © March 2006 Charlene S Noto
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