Amerikannia
Adrift in some Mad American Empire
I stand in my shadow as the future winds come
Looking over the ruins of my nation!
Eyes grow dim as the masses succumb
Families cry as loved ones are stolen!
What have we become
A piece of crumpled banner flutters in the sky
Blue field, a bold white name
Are those bloody hands I see crimson? Insane!
Orange-faced jack-o-lantern, grinning
Nothing behind those beady black eyes
I stand & watch the fading embers of a nation!
Die in the future winds that come
My mind grows numb to the media screaming
Insanity into the void of morality!
Loves one die, a price for life too high
What, what we have done, brother against brother
A silent, cold civil war of words & woe
Tattered printed fliers of a "bad orange man."
Dance through a vacant street
A madman and the shadow of a fool
...dons a red, white, & blue crown!
Adrift in some mad American empire
Long live tyranny, Amerikannia rules again, my friend!
No! I beg to differ!
As I stand in the coming rain
I will not bow or bend a knee to an American king
Or a billionaire jester, a clown in a tin can trash truck
I will not let my sisters bleed on barren grounds
I will not let my brothers, black or brown, be stollen
To be forgotten, never to be found
Live, love, and laugh as love is love
Love who you want; you will not be trampled upon!
I will not go correction; We will not
Go gentle into that goodnight
We will rage, rage against
Treason and tyranny!
The orange crown will be cast down
So remember remember the 5 of November
When the nation ran red with MAGA’ots and dread
Remember January the 6th, when his minions raged
It was not a myth that January the sixth!
So I stand in the winds of the coming doom
As a cold, bitter rain pelts my face
Adrift in some Mad American Empire
And rage, rage against the orange king and cyber clown!
We will not be silenced
Or voices will rise...
RISE!
To topple a tin dictator
To overcome tyranny
To destroy Fascism
Like my father’s father!
We Will REMEMBER
As We are RESISTANCE!
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Copyright © Poet Tellaferro | Year Posted 2025
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