~Rosalilia Mendoza
The sun always rises on the east
and sets on the west
Yet it is rare that we follow the truth
but it’s there…
In our surroundings
our community
our people…
Enough is enough
With the two-faced politics…
We don’t need a solution
What we need is a revolution
Teachers were meant to teach
Free and liberate young minds
Yet, they’re laid off time after time
So what of the youth’s future?
Our valley is beautiful and brown
So why continue to tear it down?
With factories in every corner of San Fernando Road
Nuclear plants that fog up the ranches of
Lake View terrace and Sunland’s dew
no wonder we feel blue
when our valley is dying
With the smog, and pollution
I’m not asking for a resolution
But enough is enough
with the two-faced politics…
When our community falls sick,
When you decide between their well-being or profit?
Yes there are clinics that take children,
But why not insurance for our young men and women
Without a job or healthcare?
Enough is enough
with the two-faced politics…
Supporting corporate businesses
Like Best Buy and Lowell’s by Paxton
“It will open more jobs” they say…
Instead of supporting local stores
Growers, vendors, Tamaleros, Taqueros…
What will be of them once these corporate giants open?
Now let’s talk about the unspoken…
Cutting funds from community efforts
And alternative spaces
Or the Cesar Chavez days
Is like cutting our youth’s veins
So enough with the complaints
And begin to wonder why
We see blood on our streets
And people dying in vain
Enough is enough with
Two-faced politics…
