Anger

Under  city hall philadelphia
From 15 to 13 hearing old man penn
Stomping to be heard over the  indifferent roar of
Train
Council
Pacing police
and the men whose hands he shook
Are exiled to casinos and midwestern enclaves shouting unheard proclamations :
"independence" "betrayal" "renewal"
As in greece a retired worker pulls the trigger in the town square "dignity"
He says he is preserving
And he falls with the prediction of public hangings
Meanwhile signs from 13th street shout "buy"
"clothing""buy"
"freedom" "buy"
"pizza" "buy"
"companions" "buy"
Andeven vanity metal signs say
"cynical frustration" "buy"
So if you shout "fuck you"
They'll sell you back the echo as the train rolls past and Willie Penn points wrongways with his exposed scroll toward northeast philadelphia and the waters waiting to rise