America The Beautiful Where have you gone?

America The Beautiful Where have you gone?

A Poem by Matt Artis
"

My first Political "song".

"

America The Beautiful Where Have You Gone?

Carnivorous bosses

Feeding on the meek

Signing million dollar Bonuses

With the blood of the weak

Needing to feed upon those

Who just need to feed

Solely to gain respect

For stealing someone else's

Stolen ideas

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone

With your amber waves of grain

Replaced so hastily with

Ebony fields of oil

Purple mountain majesty replaced by

Steel and glass thrusted so high into the sky

From sea to warming sea

Freedom no longer rings

The static like sound of oppression takes its place

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone?

Taking advice from a guy

Who can't even read his own

Who Annihilates those who

He is supposed to be saving

And abandoning those

He should be leading

Mentally Constipated Politicians

Making important decisions

For the betterment of all those

Who can drive a Ferrari if they chose?

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone

With your amber waves of grain

Replaced so hastily with

Ebony fields of oil

Purple mountain majesty replaced by

Steel and glass thrusted so high into the sky

From sea to warming sea

Freedom no longer rings

The static like sound of oppression takes its place

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone?

The American dream

Overthrown by the American Nightmare

Where the living dead are celebrities

And anorexia is beauty

Doctor Media attaches the IV

For a constant feed of lies

"He Who Has the Most,

Never Dies"

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone

With your amber waves of grain

Replaced so hastily with

Ebony fields of oil

Purple mountain majesty replaced by

Steel and glass thrusted so high into the sky

From sea to warming sea

Freedom no longer rings

The static like sound of oppression takes its place

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone?

Oh America the Beautiful where have you gone?

© 2009 Matt Artis


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Matt Artis
Matt Artis

Pittsburgh, PA



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I have been writing for a few years now. I tend to stray to the political, but it provides me with a healthy release. Thank you for checking out my work. more..

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