America, why do you need yr SUV and guns?
Why does yr police like to murder innocent, black men?
No need for a kangaroo jury
They will acquit the officer many times over
Because he's white
This is an old open wound our forefathers made
They were the biggest slave owners ever
Why do you need to rebel the government when they tell the truth?
Forget about personal freedom for now
There's pandemic going on
And don't use Jesus to hate anybody
Because they love someone of the same-sex
I don't need some TV preacher to tell me
Some phony meaning he thinks is directly from G-d
Jesus loves everyone
And he died for eveyone's sins
As they are born that way
America, I am ashamed of you
You jailed the innocence
And find guilt to say they are
Smarted up America
Wake up and smell the naplam
As the earth is burning
All you care is football and yr Ford truck
Killing us with the flag
You jailed the innocence And find guilt to say they are Smarted up America Wake up and smell the naplam Hard words, but that is whats required for these times, every country is ugly but trump and his cronies are making that ugliness normal and acceptable that we can no longer allow. You capture the crisis accurately this is the 21 century we should be moving away from this crap.
America, why do you need yr SUV and guns? Why does yr police like to murder innocent, black men? No need for a kangaroo jury They will acquit the officer many times over Because he's white-Fitting to the context now after killing Floyd.... brutality. cruelty.... race...... tony
Hard times for the US.Coronavirus and riots.Too much violence, too many deaths...hope it will pass as soon as possible giving birth to a better era...Well written poem
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Lee Ann, in a relatively succinct poem, you have captured the history of America. From its blatant racism to its hypocrisy, it's all her in this brilliant poem. A must-read in these turbulent times! Bravo!