"
of late
I’ve had this thought
that this country
has gone backwards
4 or 5 decades
and that all the
social advancement
the good feeling of
person toward
person
has been washed
away
and replaced by the same
old
bigotries
we have
more than ever
the selfish wants of power
the disregard for the
weak
the old
the impoverished
the
helpless
we are replacing want with
war
salvation with
slavery.
we have wasted the
gains
— charles bukowski
