america

All this talk
All this talk
This side says that
That side said this
Lawmakers are serious
Movie producers are serious
Anarchists are serious
Everybody's serious but me.
America, when will you be worthy
of your countless dissidents?
America, when will the words of your great writers
ring true in the hearts of your mediocre leaders?
America, when will your great writers
Be your great leaders?
America, your news is not just full of lies,
It is empty of any worthwhile communication.
Your actions mean nothing
Getting us nowhere
And we're not even going there all that fast.
America, when will your old farts
Smell like roses?
When children run the country
And everyone goes home wiser
at the end of the day?
Or perhaps when everyone just goes home
$300 BILLION dollars America
When will I be worthy of such attention?
When will your very own
homeless starving soldiers
of wars since wasted be fed?
When all the insurgents
the dissidents of other nations
are dead?
America
I'm putting my shoulder to the stone
America
Why don't you remember your past?

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