“Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?
Does Anyone Really Care?”
The Band Chicago
As I was rushing down an alley yesterday
Chasing another starving, abandoned canine
The horrid sights I saw, and the news I heard
Soon made me ponder our abysmal modern times
I realized another homeless vet, had died right here
His application for veteran benefits, had been denied
More and more of our veterans can’t get any assistance
And, less and less people today, even care to ask why
As I headed down the street, I saw the gas station sign
They’re now predicting gas will be $5, by Memorial Day
Yet, Congress just approved another Billion Dollar Subsidy
While the oil companies profits were their biggest yet, today
I soon passed an unemployment office and a dingy soup kitchen
The lines at both were enormous; people were in a terrible mood
One of the many millionaires, who want to be our next President
Just said not to worry, he’ll relate to ‘the working class’ real good
I finally spotted the homeless dog that I had been chasing
Several bored teenagers were tormenting him in a city park
They thought his forlorn, emaciated demeanor, was hilarious
I lost track of this outcast, as he now scurried off in the dark
I also now realized that while I was chasing this one left behind
Over 5,000 of his brethren, were euthanized in our shelters today
Yet, 10 more abysmal Puppy Mills were started in the last 24 hours
For ‘pure bred’ dogs, so many in our nation are still very eager to pay
As I headed home now, thinking about the plight of this starving canine
I checked the barbaric Pest Control traps at a nearby big city high school
I managed to free a squirrel, an opossum, and an extremely terrified old cat
Still pondering all I had seen and heard this day, all much too sad and cruel
Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?
Does Anyone Even Care?
©The Extremely Sad Spring of 2012, Mr. Ed
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