PEOPLE

BY JAY WELLER

PEOPLE

YOU GOT THOSE PEOPLE

WHO PREY UP IN THE STEEPLE

OR LAY DOWN IN THE MAR

 

PEOPLE

ALL THOSE PEOPLE

WHO LAY DOWN IN MEXICO

SO SMALL AND DARK

 

PEOPLE

AND MORE PEOPLE

THEY’RE MAD IN SUDAN

THEY’RE STONED IN DENMARK

 

PEOPLE

OH GOD, PEOPLE

THEY’RE HUNGRY IN HAITI

EAT MUD MIXED WITH BARK

 

 

PEOPLE

TOO MANY PEOPLE

AND NOT ENOUGH SHACKS

TO HOLD ALL THESE PESTS

 

PEOPLE

TOO MANY PEOPLE

WAGING A TAX

TO THE PLANET’S DISTRESS

 

PEOPLE

THOSE BAD PEOPLE

THIN THE FOUL FROM THE PACK

AND KEEP ALL THE BEST

 

PEOPLE

EVIL BAD PEOPLE

GOD SHOULD OPEN A CRACK

TO THROW ALL THE REST