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America Sucks Less

This country’s sure got problems Corruption, crime, and drugs. And though we try to fix the world The world just hates our guts. But for all our woes and troubles I still love the US ‘Cause compared to the rest of the world America sucks less They call us all polluters With our Hummer SUV’s But in China you can taste the air And it taste like iPhone 3’s You may hate our politicians And protest what they say But think about how much it sucks To be Russian and gay Our congress can’t do anything Our senators are goons But at least they were elected And their name’s not Kim Jong–un Japan makes better cars than us Games and cartoon shows But I saw The Cove on Netflix huh And that was pretty messed up, bro America, I love you, out of necessity You’re not too hot and not too cold And mostly not diseased Compared to the alternative You’re probably the best ‘Cause the whole world sucks But America sure sucks less Our economy is tanking But we’re not as bad as Greece Our fast food is disgusting But Italy has maggot cheese The NSA is spying on Our emails and phone calls But good luck finding WiFi In some village in Nepal Brazil is full of riots Australia’s full of snakes Mexico’s got cartels And their water makes you crap for days Dubai is just Las Vegas Without alcohol or fun And Africa’s in a post-colonial tailspin Of genocide and oppression I am so sorry for everything you guys have to deal with....Anyways, America, I love you Though you’re run by old white men Republicans are a-holes But at least they’re not the French We’d probably get a solid B If they gave the world a test ‘Cause the whole world sucks But America sure sucksless America, I love you For your lack of murder squads Your working indoor plumbing And your mostly valid laws In a world of mostly crap America stinks the best Except for maybe Canada You guys have a pretty good thing going ‘Cause the whole world sucks But America sure sucks less

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 4/2/2016 12:45:00 AM
Joe Bob, nice to see this one again. LINDA
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Date: 8/15/2015 1:08:00 AM
Enjoying this again, love it
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Date: 6/24/2014 12:14:00 PM
You write with so much passion and pride in the heart.. :) I have never been in US but I read allot about this country.. :) Welcome to Poetrysoup.. :) I have been here about two years now.. :) I have a great time joining here, I hope that you will too as you get familiar here.. :) Welcome.. :)!!!, this me Olive.. :)
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Date: 6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM
Joe, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 6/9/2014 3:34:00 PM
Joe, welcome to Poetry Soup. Enjoyed reading this good natured and well written rant. Please visit my poems, too. I hope you will find much to encourage you on this site as you share your poetry with others who love to write. Many writers will comment on your poetry if you do the same. Best wishes.
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Date: 6/9/2014 1:11:00 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Joe :) - I choose your first very well written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 6/9/2014 1:14:00 AM
Ha, I love it.... agreed Joe, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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