Divided We Fall
As we bicker on the web, as we snipe and snooze,
soothing our hurt feelings with doobies or with booze,
our rulers are sequestered, each pondering on his throne,
deciding what new property to seize and make their own.
A chunk from social security, another bit from schools.
So long as we’re not educated, we’ll remain their fools.
Cut taxes for their cronies and let them drill for oil
in our nature preserves until we start to boil.
Record heat in one spot and fires in another.
Record snow and hurricanes. We drown or freeze or smother.
They are not going to notice these travesties and glitches,
for they’re busy in their counting rooms, counting out their riches.
What percentage earned today? What yachts to buy tomorrow?
The fortune that they earn today is mankind’s future sorrow.
If we stay divided, we play into their plans.
We keep each other busy as they work on their tans!
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The prompt words today were snooze, property, sequester and percentage.
Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/rdp-friday-snooze/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/16/fowc-with-fandango-property/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/sequester/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/your-daily-word-prompt-percentage-November-16-2018/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Oh, yes! With you 100%!
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I. LOVE. THIS. POEM.
That’s all I’ve got to say.
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But of course, “united we stand, divided we fall.”
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Yes, girl, yes!!!
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Love love like be this. Nicely done Judy!
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Amen, sister!
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What’s that lovely red car doing in a place like that?
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Obviously, it isnn’t floating.
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Spot on
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This poem somehow came up on my viewer and when I read it, I thought, “That person’s style in writing is similar to mine! It wasn’t until I finished reading it and started to read the comments that I realized I had written it!!! Five years ago, so I had forgotten it. Does anyone else ever do this?
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