Sonnet #98

They meant well, the men who killed the world

They didn't want children to starve to death

They didn't want darkness to frighten poor girls

Walking home late. The fast food killed health

But bought time for women who worked so hard

The oil was good, the car brought wealth

Buy a big house out where the schools reward

The kids who escape the pull of the streets

They meant well, these men, They built their hoarde

pumping good wells, grow so much food, winter heat

Pump so much oil, good jobs in the coal yard and oil fields 

for family men. This way our nation'll never be beat

Of course they scowl once the cost weighs down the wheel

They scoff at folks who tell them off. They'll never yield.