Our roads and rails in disrepair,
whole fam’lies without shelter;
while fossil fuels befoul our air
as if it did not matter.
It’s nothing less than villainous
that Afghans we condemn;
let’s spend our dollars fixing “us”
instead of fighting “them.”
Perry Hutchison is a member of the Fanno Creek Worship Group of Multnomah Monthly Meeting, Portland, Oregon (NPYM).