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Open Poetry #5

American Dream

kitkat
Senior Member

since 2000-01-11

Posts 878
Nova Scotia

0 posted 2000-01-15 07:53 PM

AMERICAN DREAM

The American dream gone up in smoke,
So we all sit around and take another toke.
Working hard at minimum wage,
To come home in a state of rage.
So we all dream our life away,
Let’s save reality for another day.
Tell your kids the truth they don’t know why,
They feel the truth is a twisted lie.
You live and learn, you learn you live,
The reality is it will never end.

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2000-01-15 09:36 PM

Powerful poem, Kitkat. Sad but true for so many.

Denise

And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.~~~Alice Cary, ~Nobility~

Astraea
Member

since 1999-11-09

Posts 378
California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now

2 posted 2000-01-15 09:37 PM

Lovely...

~Astraea

"Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness."

"Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things."

Rus Bowden
Member

since 2000-01-13

Posts 139

3 posted 2000-01-16 12:32 PM

hi kitkat,

this made your poem powerful for me:

Tell your kids the truth they don’t know why,
They feel the truth is a twisted lie.

rus

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