AMERICA’S BURNING
By JUDY DYKSTRA-BROWN
America’s Burning
Count the faces. Take a tally
of the peaceful protest rally.
Their routine is most well-planned,
masks in place, placards in hand.
Enter police. Down on belly!!!
Enter newscasters for telly.
Teargas in the people’s park,
Truckloads arrive after dark.
Rioting and smashing glass.
Other dark deeds come to pass.
Using protest for excuse
to bring discord and spread abuse.
Violence becomes routine.
Authority a cruel machine.
A whole nation comes to grieve
the loss of what most folks believe.
An orange bigot, Bible raised,
pontificates, posturing, crazed.
A landmark of our country’s pride,
struck by a flash as freedom died.
Has our nation come to this?
This puffed-up, prideful bag of piss?
Shame on a country who listens to
a fool who’s rotten through and through.
Let sane men take the lead and bring
some sanity to everything.
Equality and fairness reign
under a government more sane.
People stand up. Demand the best.
Do not give up. We cannot rest.
Seize back the country we have sold
to men who only care for gold.
Give succor to the halt and lame.
Do not play the money game
subsidizing rich man’s greed
instead of helping those in need.
Color is just an outer skin
and not a mark of shame or sin.
Use these sad times to make a start
to start to recognize the heart
that unites men from every nation,
every interest, every station.
Save our earth and save mankind.
Restore justice, and make her blind!!
Source: America’s Burning | lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Categories: fire, Guest Blogger, Hatred and bigotry, Politics, President, protests
I posted on my Facebook page for a larger audience. Interested in comments to come.
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hit it on the head.
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She said it beautifully AND in rhyme!
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Chatty, I agree.
I hear America screaming…..
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Very powerful!
Leslie
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Set to music, it could be a chant.
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It really could…
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