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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Bitter Truth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Things have really gotten wild.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n She wanted money for an unborn child.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n People have sold their soul for success.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n just to get ahead of all the rest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n People have thought they found a way.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n To exploit others in every way, every day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The mighty dollar rules all thought.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n To get rich is all they have sought.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It seems honest ways are forgotten.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They are so corrupt, they are rotten.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They\u2019d \u00a0rob their mother to get ahead.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They won\u2019t be missed when they are dead.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Jail time doesn\u2019t detour them much.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They just scheme more to make the bucks.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They will switch to \u2018white collar crimes.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They will work at home. They have time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Is nothing anymore on the up and up?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Can you be sure they\u2019re not out to make a buck?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n What you would say: By hook or crook.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Opportunity for many is all it took.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Is society responsible for this downward turn?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Is it the destruction of the family unit, of concern?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Things just aren\u2019t like the \u2018good old days\u2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n When most people were honest at work or play<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You didn\u2019t have to lock your doors.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n People respected your private hoard.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There was almost no \u2018white collar crime.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you did the job, you did the time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Things are on a downhill roll.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Things will get lower than low.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n When we hit bottom it will be over.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We will be pushing up daises & clover.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There is no recovery in sight.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Start praying with all your might.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There is little else you can do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The end is coming for me and you.-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ———————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Bitter Truth Things have really gotten wild. She wanted money for an unborn child. People have sold their soul for success. just to get ahead of all the rest. \u00a0 People have thought they found a way. To exploit others in every way, every day. The mighty dollar rules all thought. To … Continue reading The Bitter Truth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,29,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-life-lessons","category-nostalgia","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}