Countrymen's Lament

johnny depp said america was a broken country
then apologized
jane fonda took a rebel stand against the vietnam war
then apologized

love means never having to say your sorry 
I love my country

we live in a tent under kerosene lit moonlights
with the jowls of hot-wired society fuming across
grime bleeding starlit rivers

oh had it not been for cotton fields laying flower plucked beds at our wooden doorstep

walt whitman said mexico must be thorougly chastised
america knows how to crush and expand
he was unapologetic
henry david thoreau fumed behind bars 

rosebuds and curlicues
leaves of grass supernatural hues
spectral dynamics

even slaves can eat a slice of supernatural poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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