The city that care forgot....
In light of recent events, I couldn't help but notice the similarities between the events of Katrina and now the events of Harvey. The pictures are eerily similar. I can't help but notice that 12 years later we still do not have the infrastructure we need to ensure the safety of all of our citizens regardless of their socio-economic status. It's utterly ridiculous. New Orleans was underwater earlier this month. Now, Texas is experiencing some of the same things New Orleanian's experienced during Katrina. We've got to do better. You can just switch out Bush for Trump. Below is a poem I wrote 12 years ago. Sadly, it's still relevant.
I come from the city that Bush forgot
where flood water flowed through city blocks
born and raised on file from Gumbo pots
you’re looking at a graduate from the school of hard knocks
watched my people sleep on cots in the Astrodome
wonderin’ if they will ever make it back home
my mother was one of those people in the dome
I’ve got more than bone to pick with my government
If tax dollars were better spent
Then maybe the core of engineers would have designed a better blueprint
Maybe then Kathleen Blanco would have signed the document
Maybe so many lives would not have been lost because of negligence
I’ve always questioned our president’s intelligence
This was an act of treason, can we please get an impeachment?
Our elders died on pavements in front of convention centers on CNN
And New Orleans’ hero was Anderson Cooper and Sean Penn
I come from the city that Bush forgot
Poydras and Claiborne was the auction block
They let bodies rot, on the interstate
And relief came too late
For those who died in attics long after Katrina’s arrival date
Friends and family scattered around the continental United States
I come from the city that Bush forgot
Where flood waters flowed through city blocks
Born and raised on file from Gumbo pots
You’re looking at a graduate from the school of hard knocks
That’s why I rock, t-shirts that pose the question
Does Bush care, NO he forgot