Burden

Shannon Nelson

Die, die, you cripple!

How dare you be a burden on our system?

How dare you collect benefits that you and others paid into?

Die.

Social security is not a hand out!

It’s not welfare or a gift.

It’s earned benefits.

Die.

There’s no “we the people” in a system 

That oppresses the most vulnerable.

“The greatest country in the world” wants perpetual war,

While invading sovereign countries, 

Proclaiming to bring democracy 

We all know that’s just a lie.

Die.

While the disabled and poor 

Are struggling to stay alive 

In this fascist country that has lost its soul,

While the 1% gets tax breaks 

And lives a life of excess.

Die, 

Die, you burden.