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They can’t get out!

Poisoned air

From the overpass

Effects every breath

and every gasp

Diseases they catch

Studied in labs

Cures are found

But not for them

Poverty

Is criminalized

Housing and food

They won’t subsidize

Property and land

Is privatized

Only assistance they get

Assisted suicide

They can’t get out!

Treating our own

As refugees

Replacing their homes

With Airbnbs

Social services erased

Dooms communities

Concentrated

Poverty

Where they sleep

Subject to policies

Food they can eat

Blocked by police

Corporations invade

Buying up the streets

Gentrify

With no empathy

Chemical stacks the only view that’s left

Backyards are landfills and stacks of trash

Poisoned air impacts each breath

Tax dollars stopped but not pollution

Revenue shares but share no solution

Only care for campaign contributions

Health officials turn their backs

Contractors keep cashing checks

Raze to rebuild inflate to replace

They can’t get out!

The water that they drink is a test case

The air that they breathe is a test case

The care they don’t receive is a test case

The suffering and poverty is a test case

A test case that most won’t survive

A test case that most won’t survive

A test case that most won’t survive

This can all be undone but it’s how the system was designed

They can’t get out!