this should be a term paper
one that discusses health care in america
that offers evidence of our leanings
toward personal responsibility
and integrates the idea
of inequality between class
this should be a term paper
of no longer that six pages
which will be given a letter
standing for a number
that's added to a point total
then adjusted for class average
converted back to a number
recorded on my transcript
under the category: elective
fulfilling a requirement
along my coursework for a major
ending in what's titled
a baccelaureate of science
entitling me to something,
possibly
it is something i'll be able to frame
this should be a term paper
instead of what it is
when i just want to write about
a ridiculous system-
-----------that doesn't meet our needs
i want to describe images i read about
old woman lying in bed
------------worked all her life
-------------------suffering diabetes
infection of extremities
there ain't the money to get her to the doctor
didn't fill out the papers to get the proper aid
the juresdiction of the center did not reach
that bracket doesn't qualify for meds
legislation 1965, Medicaid, budget restraints,
tax breaks and cut backs, socialization, choice
the title of the book is: better off dead
i want to write about what might happen
if every average american
could listen to the moaning of people in pain
let the sounds of the sick be heard
instead of racket in d.c.
lets tell it to their faces
-----------in our best bedside manner
i cannot or willnot pay for you to feel well
as stated by the author, "we don't seem to care
about health care for you"(peterson, stanza 7).
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