RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Longing for the Past
We feel uneasy with the world we see
Though we accept that all things change
In the past we controlled our destiny
Now everything seems so strange
I remember well the corner store
Owned by a local mom and pop
They used to greet you by the door
We used to know the local cop
There are no locals anymore
We don’t purchase local crops
We used to gather rich and poor
Before the good times stopped
Now all is owned by corporations
We’re a corporation nation
The movie house the restaurants
The stops on our vacation
Oh how we long for yesteryear
When our neighbors were our friends
We look back now and shed a tear
For we thought it would never end
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