An open letter to Mayor Quan of Oakland, California

p The Honorable Jean Quan/p p class="MsoNormal" Mayor of Oakland, California/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear Honorable Mayor Quan:/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" At first I was so proud/p p class="MsoNormal" Finally a Yellow voice speaking outloud/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" So what happened dear sister/p p class="MsoNormal" To your words as resister?/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Are you to be just another PEoplersquo;s choice/p p class="MsoNormal" Only to be betrayed, this time by a Yellow voice/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Same olrsquo; cuts to the poor/p p class="MsoNormal" Same olrsquo; words as before/p p class="MsoNormal" While propertied peeps/p p class="MsoNormal" Still feel no needs/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Nah... uh-uh... da-me-yo!/p p class="MsoNormal" We wonrsquo;t take no morsquo;.../p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" As we rise/p p class="MsoNormal" What will be your disguise?/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Will your governance be one of distinction/p p class="MsoNormal" Or just fade into extinction?/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Will you speak up for us/p p class="MsoNormal" Or make us get off the bus?/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Budget cut the poLICE/p p class="MsoNormal" Would be real nice./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Respectfully yours,/p p class="MsoNormal" Noh I.D.entity/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Noh I.D.entity is a wannabe correspondent/blogger for PNN, a sometimes artist/poet with Porsquo; Poets Project, and a yellow/disability/elder skolar on leave-of-absence from PEopleSkool./p