who cares

who cares
if someone was shot again
on a back street and laws don't change
who cares
that politicians need public trust
as they conceal lies again and again
who cares
that game shows need beautiful people
to slam each other for fun
who cares
about products in slick glossy ads
that make dreams come true, for a minute or two
who cares
about war as theater on one channel
and reality on another
who cares
that people are dying of hunger
when there are burgers for free
who cares
that our money is wasted
and nobody takes any blame
who cares
while pressing the entertainment button
to cover our feelings of pain
who cares
that children eat dinner alone
in front of a dangerous screen
who cares
there are homeless sleeping in parks
when others have homes for the summer
who cares
that our forebears died for our freedoms
and laws take them when we’re sleeping
who cares
that a game was won
by another hero caught doping
who cares
when a family’s gunned down at home
by uniformed youths who’re protected
who cares
about those in a neighborhood
that we’ve never seen
who cares
that their god is not our god
when one god is no god at all
who cares
to be cared for by one special person
when our family is one with them all
who cares
is switched off with a button
or edited, not to be seen
who cares
is the radical teen or a granny
with a voice that’s been taken away
who cares
is the call of humanity
to be good, play fair and be free
who cares
is almost every person alive
it’s you and it’s certainly me
who cares
doesn’t press an entertainment button
to passively accept everything
who cares
is a person who’s willing to say
no is no, with kindness and loving
who cares
is an adult and a child
who gives love and is loved in return