Feel the Bern - Poem by Paul Felton, APWU Area Local 480-481

Feel the Bern

By Paul Felton, Editor

APWU Area Local 480-481, Ferndale, Michigan

He meant what he said, and said what he meant

That’s why Bernie Sanders should be President

He doesn’t take corporate money from PACs

The millionaires he wants to tax

Instead of putting the burden on you and me

He wants to change the whole economy

To go to a public college should be free

Just like in many a European country

And health care should be a human right

He’ll take on the insurance companies’ might

And though the Republicans may find this strange

He’s serious about fighting climate change

Unlike most Republicans and even Hillary

He’s standing strong against the TPP

If he sets the policy women won’t lose

The very personal right to choose

Way back in 1962

With the civil rights movement he was arrested too

You see in the streets he demonstrated

For Chicago schools to be integrated

Now a $15 an hour salary

Is what he says the minimum wage should be

But more than any one single thing

Is that when Bernie speaks it has the ring

Of truth, and sincerity, that’s why he will earn

The people’s trust, come on, feel the Bern!