The shame of how we treat ourselves

German Shepard dogs barking

The cops with mirror sunglasses firing their weapons

To turn back those teeming, desperate people crossing the Gretna Bridge

From the drowned American city called New Orleans

This is the legacy that heralds the new American Century

The seasons pass and longing turns to bitterness

But those who have come to replace them

Ready to raze and replace the old homes in the Ninth Ward

With the shiny and new high rise condominiums for their upper class tastes

The New Orleans diaspora

Read this to act now.  Ask Rep. DeGette and Senator Salazar what are they doing to give New Orleans residents the right to return.