The lights are out
Failing industries
In distress
Wounded roads lament
Dehydrated taps mourn.
Today's leaders
Swallow our tomorrow
They eat the future
And get carried
Away.
They overeat
And throw up
Before our eyes.
Adamant unions stand drained
Locked-up offices
Choke our dreams;
Closed schools
Kill our joy
Father's pension hangs
To feed my hunger.
Damn it!