1% And A Round Of Applause
For all the zipped-up body bags,
for carrying your country without pause,
for tending all those beds,
for tending to our dead
you get 1% and a round of applause.
For willing breath into spent lungs,
snatching life from death’s sure claws,
for working without sleep,
digging in, digging deep,
you get 1% and a round of applause.
For walking through a hurricane,
the thanks from they who make the laws:
(a quick roll from a drum kit)
you can like it or lump it,
it’s 1% and a round of applause.
Harry Gallagher 2021
