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Post by Pez on Mar 13, 2009 9:16:52 GMT -6
I hear America singing; a joyous tune, a celebration
A false hurrah in a time deserving no praise I hear the song of the Politician, the Businessman, The Patriot
I hear the proud cires of freedom and loyalty, yet these I do not see
The freedoms of man are stepped upon like mats before a door Signs of an unequal nation still glowing on its golden shores
I see husbands and wives, stopped before the altar, disallowed to love each other
I see fathers and mothers turned away from children, disallowed to love their family
I see men and women turned upon by their country, disallowed to love themselves.
Yet I hear the refrains of Alleluias, "From Sea to Shining Sea"
I see a land of opportunity ruled by a hiearchy of exclusivity
The powers above quelling the independent threats beneath
Little businesses run down by corporations of immeasurable size A cheerful white-and-green sign greeting their demise A land of opportunity, a land of freedom, a land of equality
A land of hope and change
A blatant lie in the face of its people--
--A lie given to themselves A sign of a nation unwilling to meet the criteria on which it stands,
One nation easily divisible,
With Liberty and Justice for some.
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Post by Aphtyn on Mar 22, 2009 12:31:11 GMT -6
Heartbreaking. And all the more so for its truth.
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