the blood in the streets
was green.
dripped there by losers
of the winning game.
standing up to be counted
they were gunned down.

while society's
machinery
using 'any means necessary'
rids the streets
of pestilence,
unwanted trash,
and anyone else
not on the
Fortune 500 (wanna be)
track,

the rest of us
hide babies,
young kids,
old folks,
and
our future
until the smoke
has cleared
and
we can walk
safely
to our
purpose.

03/10/2005