Mine Is the Duty To Scream

Mine is the duty to scream Mine is the duty to shout My country is bitterly divided Its Congress can't figure things out The rich get richer; the poor get poorer That in itself's nothing new, but Instead of seeking to forge solutions Leaders, hateful invective spew Mine is the duty to scream Mine is the duty to shout American's immigration system, broken in every way Lurches ahead blindly, ignoring those who say That vice-ridden schools yield test scores so pathetic Even the heardest of hearts should be sympathetic To calls for more charters and increased home schooling Lest Johnny never learn to read anything, no fooling While America's safety net is strained past its limits Forced to provide for so many illegals with no stake in it Mine is the mandate to shout Mine is the mandate to scream Venezuela self-destructs right in front of our eyes As Cuba sixty years ago, it shoud be no surprise That her leader cracks down on free institutions And tears up every line of Venezuela's Constitution Three millions Venezuelans have already left Now that their economy of oil is bereft To the cheers of autocrats the world over Including the leadership of America's Left All while Messrs Putin and Xi, in Russia and China, respectively Ramp up their tacit alliance, to bring the West to its knees Mine is the call to shout Mine is the call to scream ~ Though hoarse I've become Pleading to rescue America's Dream