Louisville
Is beautiful in the morning
Nashville
Is better at night
Chicago
Is always dangerous
Gary
An appalling sight
Indy
Is better at high speed
Pass it
And keep going fast
In Milwaukee
The battle is block to block
Rockford's time
Has passed
Madison
Is a socialist bubble
Beloit
A Rust Belt shell
Minneapolis
Has an identity crisis
St. Paul
Has one as well
Memphis
Is too deadly to visit
Tupelo
Has nothing to draw
New York City
Always smells of urine
Buffalo
Is still waiting to thaw
Freeways
Connect then all
People
Tend to divide
NIMBY
And by-laws and other folderol
Paranoia
Keeping everyone inside
Media
Slogans and demographics
T-shirts and GIFs and flags
Sorting
By charts and by channels
In buckets and breakouts
And bags.
About the Creator
Gene Lass
Gene Lass is a professional writer, writing and editing numerous books of non-fiction, poetry, and fiction. Several have been Top 100 Amazon Best Sellers. His short story, “Fence Sitter” was nominated for Best of the Net 2020.
Tea set by a suffragette
Pankhurst is a name well known to the history of women’s suffrage. Who hasn't heard the name Emmaline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an all-women organisation campaigning for the right to vote? The group that helped to achieve the right to vote for women in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. Some know of her daughter Christabel, both being honoured by the Pankhurst memorial in Victoria Palace Gardens, London, right next to the UK Parliament buildings. Sylvia Pankhurst is notably not included in the monument. Why? Because she split with the WSPU to campaign against Britain's entry into First World War.
By Raymond G. Taylora day ago in Art
Comments (1)
Your road song is absolutely brilliant.