Why would anyone

  I

It is pouring cats and dogs, why would anyone

The gutter is full of overflow, why would anyone

We voted it down last year, nothing has changed,

apartments are still being built, why would anyone 

Our Federal administration is ignoring the law, challenging 

Our rights, challenging our way of life, why would anyone

This room has an air filter cranking along, legacy from 

pandemic days, lessons learned likely forgotten, why would anyone

In the moves toward a perfect union, it used to be one man,

one vote, then it became pay to play, why would anyone

Citizens united, an oxymoron if there ever was one, created

a new personage which allowed dollars to flow, why would anyone

  II

“They're eating the cats and dogs” became a campaign meme

yes, the gullible voters lapped that up, why would anyone

Sitting, writing, in the quiet of the room reserved which

less took advantage of than could, so I did, why would anyone

Women were added to the one man one vote, other rights were established

along the way as “settled law”, now turned back, why would anyone

The sense of joint actions of the people, by the people, for the

people, created our commonwealth, why would anyone

The drive of social media to capture and maintain the eyeballs

attention diversion from reality, is concerning, why would anyone

Even in a circle of friends, surprising how few knew of this or that,

or where to go, and get this or that, why would anyone

So Sherlock, what are you going to do now? Strive for more attention 

to what matters, or call it a day? Why would anyone

Written while waiting for someone to participate in the Favorite Poem Reading at the Franklin Library. No one did, so this was successfully completed. Thank you!