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UseTheIllusion
Member

since 2006-02-06

Posts 223
In a state of limbo

0 posted 2006-03-13 09:39 PM

The minutemen keep on bleating,
The sounds of wandering sheep,
They sound their bugle calls and drums,
The content of their cries is not especially deep.

They still rant about patriotism,
They still rant about war,
They still rant about terrorism,
And they still want to kick in my door.
They want to bug my phone,
They want to sift through my home,
They want to recruit you as one of their own,
They still want to anesthetize you
in a daze of chloroform.

The minutemen will never stop until their mission is complete,
The content of their message replete,
They want to convert you to their will,
They still want to take the lead.
Fundamentalism is their creed,
Their tenant, their ideology, their way,
And soon after they plant their seed,
Your rationality will go away.

Back to a better time is what they say,
Say goodbye to Roe V. Wade,
Say goodbye to freedom of expression,
Say hello to government repression.
Slavery is not a thing of the past,
The emancipation proclamation leaves them aghast,
Progress for them has come all to fast.

Neocon agendas,
Republican propaganda,
Democrat nagging,
And civilian tails wagging,
The state of the union
Is disunion,
A division,
A line between
Ideology,
And most of us are too blind to see,
That the empire has reached its apex,
That we are all deluded dopes,
That our domination has ended,
And we are left hanging on a rope.

A new era has dawned on us,
It is up to us what to do,
When all the minutemen scream and shout,
What creed is it you will choose?

smithdr
Junior Member

since 2006-02-25

Posts 26

1 posted 2006-03-14 07:52 AM

This was okay.  I think I followed the drift of the poem for the most part.  A refreshing change from the the..."love", "infinity", "albatross'", and all those bloody hearts, that perforate this site.

This poem actually has point.

Good work.

(funny that more haven't commented on it?)

UseTheIllusion
Member

since 2006-02-06

Posts 223
In a state of limbo

2 posted 2006-03-14 10:54 PM

Thanks. Yeah I am glad you enjoyed it. It is not one of my best, but it is the best politically charged one I have written. People will comment when (or if) they please to comment. But thank you for doing so.

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