The Little Guy

Hello, can you see me? I am the little guy.

I am the “work my ass off to pay YOUR bills” guy.

I am your “blame it on him” guy,

Your “let him take the fall” guy.

I am the guy that catches your shit

When it rolls downhill,

I am the guy that holds up the morals

That you use as a landfill.

You can’t see me, but I am the little guy.

I am your everyday nine to five guy,

Working too much overtime guy,

Paying almost half my check to taxes guy.

I am the one that keeps you rich

While I struggle to stay alive,

And I am the one that starves

So your corporate accounts can thrive.

You don’t know me, but I am the little guy.

I am the “risk my life for you” guy,

The take a bullet for you guy,

The give my blood so you can have power guy.

I am the one who goes into battle

In the name of your prosperity,

To overcome your opposition for you,

No matter what the extent of severity.

You try to ignore me, I am the little guy,

I am the “getting screwed by Medicare” guy,

The losing my Social Security guy,

The “worked for all these years but I have no retirement” guy.

I am the guy that gets laid off

When you decide to cut your budget

Or withdrawl your government  funding

To ensure your wartime profit.

I am still surviving, ME, the little guy.

I am the overcoming all odds guy,

The smile in the face of hardship guy,

The “going to make it regardless of your tyranny” guy.

I will fight your oppression,

I will resist your mind control,

I will spread my message of freedom

And you will never take my soul…

By: Valerie Wells
3/14/2011