Newspoem
8 June 2001
Nick Berveiler
Nick Berveiler

Attention Kmart shoppers, Wal-Mart has left the building

Last holiday season,
I protested sweatshops at Kohl's
kicked out for solicitation,
local newspaper didn't let the news roll.

But the Pantagraph is proud,
with the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois,
Wal-Mart's capitalist dissent looks good
on the front page.

Wal-Mart employees
face the same
No-Solicitation Policy,
but don't mistake this for a joke.
Wal-Mart activism has a dangerous outlook.

Next week Wal-Mart will protest Walgreens chanting:

"Oh what a disaster!
The lines will be longer!
Wal-Mart must be faster!
Ignorance must grow stronger!" http://www.pantagraph.com/news/news0523-03.html

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