Tow Away

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Staff Writer/p pThey towed awaybr / br /my house - a car-br / br /It was the last thingbr / br /I owned./p pIt was another ticket,br / br /A red tag day.br / br /They came around early- 2:39 am-br / br /Just like thieves in the twilight./p pI remember shaking in the cold,br / br /afraid-br / br /I knew I hadbr / br /no where to go-br / br /And feeling unlovedbr / br /by all./p pFor a moment mybr / br /mind wanders,br / br /A shock wave of feelingbr / br /runs rapidly through mybr / br /mind and body.br / br /I remember thinking,br / br /What has happened to society as a whole?br / br /As they sit around in ivory government buildingsbr / br /allocating themselves huge salaries,br / br /While others be comebr / br /impoverishedbr / br /by the secondbr / br /homelessbr / br /by the second./p pbr /And finally a red tag day.br / br /No housing and finallybr / br /my homebr / br /my only possessionbr / br /My car./p pPt 2br / br /We now face a bureaucracybr / br /Taking our things to pay those huge salaries!br / br /I am sorry to say my government-br / br /The one I so faithfully voted for -br / br /No longer loves it citizens./p pNo longerbr / br /will the native San Franciscanbr / br /be displaced and disenfranchisedbr / br /by the city where we were born.br / br /It is time for people to raisebr / br /their voices to the city injustices,br / br /put a stop mercenary practice andbr / br /greed./p pRed taggingbr / br /must stop Now!/p p/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p