America
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Why did you make me a woman?What say have my kind had in your country?Ah, is it because we are objects to you,That you objectify your country into a woman?Then it can be perfect and voicelessJust as you’ve always wanted. Unable to think yet alone speak for herself. There to nod, laugh, and smile at…
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Swimming in circlesNot knowing which wayIs forward or back. Fed the same food each dayEating like it was newGrateful for crumbs and flakes. Yesterday does not existEven the present is foggy. Memory is a foreign word. We are confused, Staring at the ripples we just madeWondering what could have caused this. Waste piles at the…
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I do not pledge allegiance to that flagI do not pledge to it’s government eitherIf I pledged it was onlyTo the people. I pledge to the new propagandaThat the empire is dying. I pledge to the new flag not made yet. With stars for new states,And gone-stars for states unmade. I pledge to democracyThe thing…
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That red sun gleams over AlapattahSnugged between buildings and the potholesFilling up the highway It’s cold for us down here todayBut the city doesn’t sleep So, I wonder about what’s underneath,As people walk, and chickens strutTapping on asphalt. But what was underneath?Before cruise ships taxied out the harbor, When the Everglades ran right upTo that…
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Petals and leaves fall in an autumn faux, Dreaming of a spring that will never grow, Endless frost, waits for dew that never glows. The twilight eternal, grips the shadow of the land’s soul, Greatness, surely, came to them the first, Who upon the path, had only tears to quench the thirst. Liberty has lied,…
Dreams and Other Lies 