for Upton Sinclair
by David LaBounty
there were anarchists
and socialists just as
there was blood
in the hearts and
in the streets and
the poor got richer even though
the rich stayed rich.
later.
now.
the rich are getting richer
and I'm getting poorer
and the network news has kept
all the anarchists and socialists
far,
far away.
David LaBounty's recent poetry has appeared in Dogmatika, Word Riot, Pemmican, Unlikely 2.0, Outsider Writers and other journals.