'they're fine in their place'

"They're fine in their place"          timothy r gates, 3/10/14


"They're fine in their place,"
heard this at
home
church
school.
women
children
"coloured people"
pets --
most lacked intestinal fortitude,
didn't dare say this order aloud.
"They're going to hell,"
the refrain of Lazarus haters,
"unless they repent
and follow our way."
Unbelievers said the same,
just in their own names.
21st century?
More equality,
now all genders, ages and people of darker hues
are told to be grateful,
"You have a job,"
this told by others controlling
jobs, wealth, and
"their place."