Lament for American Progress
America messes up the Middle East
Leaves itself beholden to dictators
And Chinese communist creditors
Its public schools are largely a disgrace
And she may not notice but the
Mutilees de guerre
Are almost everywhere
America never gets anything right
Not since World War Two and the rebuilding of Germany
Spends its common treasure on foreign misadventures
And on handouts to political
lobbies and contractors
And then wonders why there's a weak dollar
And a financial crisis
Corporate execs walk out from the rubble
Smiling deep into their bonuses
One hand greases off another
Builds useless walls with Mexico
Bans drugs criminalizes the black male populace
Builds weapons to threaten from space
Never builds coast levees high enough
Or accepts its role in global warming
Loses 2,000-plus souls in a terror attack
And spends the next seven-plus years
Disputing the design of a monument
Thinks the definition of civilisation
Is carrying a gun
Can't be bothered even to understand
Its own Constitution!
(Look up the second amendment
And read the whole paragraph -
Not just the convenient part!) .
The gross malfeasance
Of those in government
Never gets punished
So is constantly repeated
Congressional investigations mocked and defeated
Senators found guilty of a crime
Can't even summon the shame to resign!
America never gets anything done
Blame a corrupt power elite if you will
The party hacks on the laps of the lobbyists
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poem by Frank Bana
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