San Francisco General nurses, to whom it may concern
Please answer several questions; I’d really like to learn
They’ve told you what to call it, though you make its mission real
This theft of its identity is a very rotten deal
Our hospital, a public place, now how can I explain?
The city took its name away and gave it a Facebook name
Mark Zuckerberg gave us money and for that we must give thanks
But why on earth take the name away and give it to him and the banks?
Wells Fargo foreclosed on houses and they profit from displacement
Your patients are discharged from here and have to sleep on pavement
Taxpayers bailed out Wells Fargo while you learn to be lean,
Does putting their name on a hospital seem just a little mean?
The Bank of America’s very name has a patriotic flair
But naming a unit after it could seem a bit unfair
Might some patients get afraid and not in a healing mood
When reminded that they can’t afford to pay for rent or food?
The banks don’t empty urinals, that’s far beneath their station
There is no app for passing meds, that’s not Facebook’s vocation
Back in the day, they used to say: beggars can’t be choosers
If health care is all pay-to-play must some then end up losers?
You’re nurses not economists and these are just the facts
But maybe we can keep our name and they can pay their tax?
You’re almost at the end of lunch, your patients all are sick
Let me ask you one more time, I’ll try to make it quick
Mark Zuckerberg gave us money
And for that we owe him thanks
But why on earth take the name away and give it to him and the banks?
Sasha Cuttler and Mary Magee are nurses.
