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I Pledge Allegiance

Counterfeit in politics a prerequisite For sale by owner, got cash, you can buy Their influence God Bless America and all the Capitalists Starting vanity wars, to the public's pleasing Forget humanity, we don't need a good reason You've got a resource, we'll exploit And criminalize all you endorse Comply or die, our foreign policy Ain't about you..it's about me! The American dream.. Forget about your culture Cause it's about to get raped Your new God's the dollar Won't assimilate? You just took your last breath Suckers thinking about escape The hypocrisy of democracy Disguised with the mask of liberty Cause ain't nobody here truly free The only saving grace Of infiltration to western waste Is absolute power corrupts absolutely Even residents of an establishment For the people by the people Have become blase Sitting and thinking about What would our forefathers have to say?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 6/11/2012 4:39:00 AM
This is great... I really enjoyed it. Nice to get such a blessing in such a beautiful monday afternoon.
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Date: 1/25/2012 11:49:00 PM
Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. Your writing is enlightening.
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Date: 1/24/2012 12:16:00 PM
I have enjoyed this piece Scarlet, i also note Charlotte's comment, as regards the last line of your poem, the forefathers you mention were many of them militia men who had their 1st allegiance to family friends and preservation, of freedom of all these same the main difference today is you have the same thing your former oppressors had then.. A "professional standing army" that is detached in a way from all the things i mentioned that the militia valued............... ..................................................................!
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Date: 1/24/2012 12:00:00 PM
Congratulations on your featured poem this week Scarlett. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/10/2011 3:59:00 AM
profound poem making some important points which we would all do well to ponder...
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Scarlett Crittenden
Date: 5/16/2011 2:01:00 AM
Thanks. I wrote this when our previous President was in office...a time when I was disappointed. But I do love my country, because I can post a poem of this nature without being accused of a crime..a priviledge that some don't have. By exercising my 1st amendment right, I feel more patriotic.

Book: Shattered Sighs