Label GMO'S: A Poem

Does my son have severe food allergies 

Because of GMO's?

Monsanto tells me no,

But won't truly let me know.

Although the (patented) seeds when they're sown

And grown to the 97th percentile

Of the food products you own.

We're never shown the poisonous tone

The clone or digestive tract purveyor

Takes on whats holding up our bones.

Immune systems that nothing unnatural do they know

Attack cows milk and hens eggs-Whoah!

Potential Epi-pen adrenaline shots 

Are worse than the prick

Because the stress of getting sick.

Or is it the unlabeled GMO that I mistakenly eat, or gets maliciously flicked at me,that finally does the trick?

Love Is

Learned helplessness is
Who we're in the trenches with.
We can no longer 'plead the fifth'
In times requiring privileges.

What am I talking 'bout
When privileges I tout?
Pop the boxtop and peek out
Amongst the rocks, there are sprouts.

Clearly their futures are in doubt
If we continually choose bail outs,
And watching TV to tune them out.
Stories of pensions and pay that cloud

The true story that's working out.
Educate early to avoid the caper.
Papers, check marks, stars, and staplers
Is not what makes kids cap'ler. Love is.

A Time

There comes a time when every man
Must take a stand and grab the hand
Of someone who truly needs him to
Live out his plan with dreams pursued.

Old and new alike, can be fulfilled
As long as your spirit and heart are deeply filled.
Empathy, sympathy for mass confusion.
For those are the ones needed to realize your conclusion.

Of a peaceful place where smiles are wanted
Not where happiness growth spurts have sadly been stunted.
By things and stuff, and always trying to act so tough.
Now fluff up that pillow and get back in touch.

Hopes and dreams, initially seem
Like a predisposition, where we color the scene.
Sometimes when you get there, you don't even know.
Cuz what 'once was' really isn't, now that you know.

The Front

There's a time when the mind
Climbs to the end of the vine.
There seeing the light,
Will open the eyes of those not seeing true sights.

Some will claim that they're just not that bright.
Ignoring the strength life's challenges just might
Have on them. Mostly likely you too,
Food has to be chewable in order to chew.

It can't be ignored, how many's been scorn
By life events beyond their control.
Since the day we were born
Life's happened to us, and on some it has taken its toll.

The point of it all is to just have a ball.
Individualism does have its place,
But as part of the whole. Don't limit your goals.
Truth and justice don't fold when the winter gets cold, but of course they also have their place.

Writing Again

It's been a while
Since I showed my style
And picked up a pen.
I think it's about time I start writing again.

Freestyle poetry,
Essays of propaganda,
True facts and mishaps,
Misunderstanding the need for slander.

He panders to he,
And he panders to me.
Manipulating our fears.
Telling stories of tears

Cried by those just like us.
In that the justice is for all
And that includes us.
So what's all the fuss about ME being the enemy that divides us all up.

"OCCUPATION"

Ninety-nine percent.
Even if we have to plant the seed in a tent,
Not thinking about regrets.
Carving the way for what we represent.

And another 98%
Ventin' and relentin' to fulfill their needs.
Waiting on the wanting to fulfill prophecies
Of rotating the universe 180 degrees.

Worth and value
Are two different things.
Worth is wealthier over entire life spans;
More precious than that 'price tag' that you hold in your hand.

Value is defined in the markets of man.
But non-human PEOPLE have taken the stance
To export our jobs to foreign lands.
Removing opportunity before even given a chance.

"FOOD & MONEY"

Money as food.
Food as money.
The choices we make
Are simply not funny.

McDonald's. Burger King. Taco Bell.
MSG behind the story they tell.
Trick your mind to think it's good
To nibble on food products where nutrition once stood.

Lettuce leaves that never wilt,
Shiny red tomatoes after three weeks they're still
Sitting beside lemons and limes.
Not living food; only designed.

Diet is not what you take away.
A way of life, if you may.
You may not and you will see
Prescription pills leaving your pockets empty.

"ANOTHER YEAR?"

Here we go again.
Let's try in 2010
To change our ways
Instead of continually coasting in a daze.

Ignoring the roles politics play
In our day-to-day
Lives, where we strive
To stay alive; Contributing to the hive.

When individual urges
Merge with military surges,
The purpose is skewed.
Leaving us with no idea of what to do.

Put down the remote.
It's not the time to gloat
In Constitutional rhetoric
That approved of second-class citizenship and importing folks in boats.

WHAT WAS

Similar situations
All across the nation.
Emotional states
Trump rational debate.

Not about Love and Hate;
About twisting your fate
In a way you can't understand.
Not willing to jump when you'll land

In a place you can see
Stability to the point you can't leave.
Weaving in and out of being happy
And thinking you're happy based on what others see.

The end's not the end.
Universally True friends.
Although responsibilities change,
Brains and hearts are eternally stained.

"DIFFERENCE IS DIFFERENCES"

Certain circumstances
Calculate your chances.
Lifelong romances
Or searching for second chances.

No matter what your plan is,
Planted dead-ends by The Man is
Not to be denied. It enhances
Social structure, at the same time deprives self-pride.

It's hard to breathe underwater
When the author says you squandered
Opportunity away.
Excluding how he led you astray.

From this day forward,
Lean towards the one in the mirror.
Mom couldn'ta been much clearer.
While you pretended not to hear her.

"WHY NOT US?"

We do deserve better.
Letter to the editor.
Remember that peddler?
Steadier evolving towards the predator.

Time goes by.
Third-eye blind. No lie.
Can't deny when the walls bear flies.
Surprised at the Devil's disguise.

The easy road erodes
At the fork, you thought you chose.
Like when from concrete sprouts a rose
It grows, not without its struggles though.

You can be the best you.
But it don't mean a thing
Unless you open the door
When the doorbell rings.

"TAX CUTS"

Life is more than just cuttin' taxes.
Fact is you represent yourself and disregard the masses.
Passes, you continually demand. Classless
Bastids for what you did to acid.

LSD, amongst other things I consider personal.
None of your business; I'll paint surveillance cameras purple, yo.
Like Barney and Grimace pushin' poison like in "Serpico."
Torture, so you say, represents the USA?

We gotta pay the right people.
Pray against the sequels to Halliburton, KBR,
FDA's revolving door; All Republican values.
What's in store for the poor?

Third eye's too focused on the all mighty dollar.
Holla at ya boy; come and chat in my parlor.
12 billion per month for a war in Iraq.
I'm payin THAT! My cuz needs some food stamps, so get off his back.

"WOE IS ME?"

It isn't "woe is me"
When I mention poetry.
I'll show; you'll see
How instantly worries can be shed quite deciduously.

Define yourself.
Don't incline yourself
To settle for bottom shelf
When it comes to your true wealth-your health.

Not like marathon running.
Results just as stunning
When you're keen and your cunning
Overpowers the doubt, and the fears of the shunning.

Superior confidence?
Some call it pride.
Frowns, tears all subside
When you pour out your soul and let out what's inside.

"THE WAY THINGS ARE"

The way things are,
Try looking from afar.
Hardy, Har, Har.
Divine distance from the star.

Learning exposes those holes.
Those not known, but to the soul.
Don't disregard your feelings.
Analyze, understand; then start healing.

No need to be alone.
Compounding problems 'cause we're prone
To get stuck in our zone.
Personal choices that we own.

I hope and I wish
That the rope stays loose.
Don't continue what you're doing.
History's dangling our noose.

"IT HURTS TO HAVE A HEART"

It hurts to have a heart.
Vitalist of all vital parts.
Starts from the inside out.
Happiness to love hangovers and those pitiful pouts.

Many doubts, no doubt.
Continuously I repeatedly allow
My self to be welcome
Inside circles where many others find themselves seldom.

Microchips and random numbers
Define the majority, ignorantly in slumber.
Numbers plummeting; technically dumber.
Farmer? Plumber? -turned politician, CPA to recalculate the numbers.

Care for everyone you SEE.
Amazing. The multiplicity.
Siddity and arrogant, quite silly to me.
Connectivity of the hearts, universally recognized since the start.

"SHINE IN 2009!"

Wait 2008, it's not too late
To answer some of the questions that frustrate
Me, my mate, my homie. Dude, just wait.
Telling us to anticipate.

Those of your faction, always in action.
Opposed to our inaction. Self-distraction.
But your distraction; 2009's picking up traction.
I suppose, "who knows." Just asking.

Global politics, Free Trade.
Another dollar just made, for a day's work.
Laid-off workers losing more than dollars.
Shirts off their backs to what their bodies' all lack.

Redefined Truth.
Like gangsta rappers when they spittin' in the booth.
So much proof.
Another year gone by without us having made a move.

"GOV'T OF THE PEOPLE(OF THE GOV'T)"

From where does it come?
Plenty doe to fight wars,
While the poor get the crumbs
700 billion dollars - so ho-hum

CORPORATE WELFARE - we ain't THAT dumb!

No healthcare for all,
That law always stalls.
Before you vote this year,
Don't decide too quick - pause.

Don't vote for wins.
Vote for help.
Burnt to the crisp from others' sins.
Full clip in the mind; go for self.

YOUR best interests.
Right in the mirror.
We're all different.
Much smaller than the full sphere.

"GETTIN' BY"

Trickle-down economics?
It works; next topic!
Hey! Wait just a minute.
Got a home, tryna stay in it.

I'm asking YOU.
You defer to him.
Always on hold.
Comin' out my skin.

I need a loan,
Opportunities to save.
Wanna work me to my grave.
What you say's not how you behave.

Don't wanna record-setting bank account.
Food, clothing, shelter, and what amounts
To Life, Liberty, and Pursuit
Of Happiness. Just need a little loot.

"TOO DENSE TO GET IT"

Too dense to get it.
So easy to just forget.
It doesn't go away;
Day after day.

Blissful ignorance.
Traditionally American ever since.
Exercising resistance.
Vital to existence.

Two things can be true.
Differing views; me and you.
Too true, you see.
No choice but diversity.

Our duty to question.
Constitution's first lesson.
Expand your mind.
Just told you one more time.

"REVOLUTION"

Nothing's amusin'
When the solution's revolution.
Pollution's turnin' us to mutants,
Vodka-drunk like Putin.

My business ain't mine no more.
Cross-eyed looks, using cash at the store.
Swipe the card, fill up with lard.
Nevermind the who's, why's, and what-for's.

What do we think is in store?
For all of us, not just the poor.
It's finally caught up; overlooking corrupt
Politicians, statisticians, and physicians...now you got multiple prescriptions.

Freedom's just a word to us.
Missed our chance to hop on that bus.
Apathy's a gateway drug.
Have you thinkin' how to get out of the hole you just dug