Ode to Freedom and Equality

Public schooling
A great equalizer that
Narrows the gap between the haves and have nots

So under fund ‘em
Draw the line
Eradicating them will take some time
Decrease taxes and
Make false claims
Until only hollowed-out brick and mortar remains

Public libraries are
A great equalizer that
Narrows the gap between the haves and have nots

So stack the cards against ‘em
Draw the line
Eradicating them will take some time
Decrease taxes and
Make false claims
Until only hollowed-out brick and mortar remains

Public infrastructures…
Public medical care…
Public unions…
Public welfare…

Under fund ’em
Draw the line
Eradicating them will take some time

Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople. Read other articles by Paul.