<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341228" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Katrina's Wake Up Call</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's a far too familiar sight -<br>All the poor who were left behind, <br>In the cesspool that once had been<br>The great city of New Orleans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No carnivals here, just death -<br>Sick and elderly out of breath, <br>Hungry children barely alive <br>In the heat and filth, left to die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the flood of drowning cries<br>They were given nothing but lies -<br>Promised rescue that never arrived<br>For the thousands still alive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Private charity drives will roll, <br>But the poor have taken their toll -<br>Jobless, homeless, with nothing at all, <br>Having trusted the government's bull.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Billions spent on a pointless war, <br>Many start to say 'no more' -<br>Time to get the priorities straight -<br>Time to act before it's too late.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, it's time to wake up again -<br>Every woman and child, every man -<br>To rise up for the people's needs<br>Against corporate lies and greed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">September 2,2005</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alexander+Shaumyan">Alexander Shaumyan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341228" data-title="Katrina's Wake Up Call de Alexander Shaumyan" data-description="It's a far too familiar sight - All the poor who were left behind, In the cesspool that once had been The great city of New Orleans. No carnivals here, just death - Sick and elderly out of breath, Hungry children barely alive In the heat and f..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black