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From There, To Here?
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From There, To Here? |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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From There, To Here? I hope the American people Are so proud of what we’ve done To take a Communist country And, help make it, number one. And, think of all those Indians Who have jobs with decent pay I guess that is the upside To all those jobs we give away. We have paid for those palaces With gold fixtures in their bath Sure, those Saudis really love us As long, as we stay on this path. We have all the technology To get us off those fossil fuels But, some people just don’t get it Or are afraid, to break old rules. The Japanese learned our ways Build cars better than we can After, we rebuilt old enemies With that infamous, Marshall Plan. We have left our borders open To our neighbor to the south So they could work for nothing To put, the food in our mouth. Most don’t pay any taxes But get, most our benefits Sometimes, “illegal alien” Is almost, as good as it gets! Our Pres gazed into his eyes And looked into his soul But, not deep enough, I guess To see that Russian’s goal. We invaded a sovereign nation And now, we say, that isn’t right! When, they went into Georgia I guess, we finally saw the light. We try to play the good guy Show the rest, the “righteous” way We put bad people into power In other countries, then we pay. Our Country, the best in the World Leaves homeless people in the street Lets people die cause they can’t pay That health (?) system, we can’t beat. We have children killing children In, an education system, broken With far too many classrooms With our English, barely spoken. There’s the so-called “war on drugs” That only, seems to know, the jailing And puts our border guards in prison With, so-called “justice”, failing. We have agencies, the FDA Is one, that comes to mind Like so very many others That are, deaf, dumb, and blind. We have allowed human torture “The end, justifies the means!” Let our Government spy on us Our Constitution, that, demeans. It seems the almighty dollar With motto, “In God We Trust” Is not so mighty, anymore And may, make us, go bust. We have all those politicians Who serve for their personal gain Some cheat, and lie, and steal Yet, we vote them in again. It seems we will never learn That the People must control If our Nation has hope to survive That must be, the American goal! In our very, brief history We have accomplished much A lot of good, for all peoples But, seems we’ve lost that touch. We are in a downward spiral And nobody, seems to care Someday we all will wonder How, we got here from there? 08.19.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. [This message has been edited by Abe (08-21-2008 01:27 PM).] |
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Lady Ayla Member
since 2008-07-19
Posts 84WV, United States |
Abe! I find your work eye-catching. I want to read more, and find truth in your words. I like that you relate it to something that people can relate to, and can sit and think about. |
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