Pacific Palisades Raising Money For Homeless

The news out of Pacific Palisades which is definitely upscale

A drive to address our homeless problem with police only will fail

Private citizens trying to raise money for shelter, shower and a meal

Before with terrorists in refugees’ clothing we all should welcome due to Obama’s zeal

We should look to our own homeless suffering a really raw deal

In Southern California the homeless are on the longest bus routes

Trying to somehow sleep or to the real or internal imaginary demons talking in shout

Or trying to turn shopping carts into Conestoga Wagons but unable to find the right trail

To cross the prairies and mountains of despair and like the Donner Party of old fail

Go the icon of wealth of yachts and million dollar shacks

On bus benches and parks in Newport Beach the homeless found on the failure track  

Go to the Newport Beach Transportation Center and dozens are sleeping on the sidewalks and parking lot

Without hope without dreams abandoned by the nonhomeless, totally distraught

On the bare ground making the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression look like Taj Mahals

Glaring examples of how far this nation and its economy has continued to fall

At least a sense of compassion in L.A’s Pacific Palisades

Where homeowners are raising funds to come to the homeless aid

The scenes in Europe are wrenching as refugees from ISIS fanatics try to flee

Through Turkey on foot or in dangerous, overloaded boats in the Aegean Sea

We have been a beacon throughout our history to the down trodden fleeing poverty in search  of a better life

Or those trying to escape the dangers of armed clashes and civil strife

But today, the ideology and wolves of radical Islam in the refugee flood are the disguised sheep

Fanatics with whom you cannot compromise who seek entry to Paradise earned by our bloody defeat

We can no longer trust our government to be able to a refugee vet

Creating another San Bernardino mass killing by jihadists we would regret

 Charity begins at home and with 19 trillion of debt

Time to delay on refugees and the suffering of our own homeless beset

© January 25, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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