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In my opinion, where we are today, has been coming since the end of WWII. Although we are the only real world power left, it is not for us to determine how the rest of the world lives. It is for us to determine how we live with the rest of the world; friend and foe.
Rumors
How we arrived at where we are
By Franklin Price
05/03/2020
By now you've heard the rumors
How Covid-19 came to Earth
How it did not come here naturally
How Wuhan, China gave it birth
Maybe aided by our government
To make us stay in place
And take away the elderly
If so, it's such a big disgrace
To break the world economy
To obtain more than their share
Thought the Chinese were all communists
Guess profit takers also there
U.S. greed began it all
Cheap labor, China's force
Could pay them paltry wages
Which would help them out, of course
So they sent away the middle class
At least the cash, that was their pay
China now is in control
That's why we're where we are today
The super rich pulled on the strings
Now there's multi-billionaires
World markets over-valued
With much manipulating there
The money made by China
Is controlled by just a few
They're using it to buy the world
When looking back, that's nothing new
At the turning of the Century
Just six score years ago
The U.S.A.'s economy,
Through manufacturing, would grow
The young were moving off the farms
More money in the city
Would be a big adventure
For many, was a pity
Not much money for their pockets
They had not much to show
The modern day industrialists
Were keeping most the dough
The U.S. in isolation
Then the world war came along
Sent our youth to die in Europe
Singing patriotic songs
Without our help in fighting
Could have gone a different way
When the First World War was over
The U.S.A. had come to stay
The movers and the shakers
Took advantage all they could
Manipulated the economy
Did more damage than did good
Then came the Great Depression
The economics were unsound
Wall Street was collapsing
Drove our great country in the ground
Who we were as people
Had not really ever changed
What we thought was most important
Those hard times had rearranged
Slowly we were recovering
Then Hilter came in play
Then the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Those two things would change our day
We the People came together
To face the Axis enemy
In '45 the war was over
On the land, on air and sea
The Earth, in devistation,
Holding on by just thread
Needed lots of help recovering,
World-wide, with millions dead
The U.S.A. raised up its hand
Took the lead in helping out
Left our troops around the world
Discouraging another bout
Sent funds to many countries
Helped rebuild the enemy
Assisted them in reconstruction
Resources often sent for free
Flexed our military muscle
Against the Communist regimes
Fought several wars of question
At least that's what it seems
The last half of the century
Things were changing every day
From driving on new interstates
To how we work and play
Satellites were put in orbit
Astronauts would follow soon
Before we reached the seventies
Put the first man on the moon
Computers that once filled large rooms
Now shrunk and in our phone
Which we carry in our pockets
So we never are alone
World-wide trade made easier
With Jet planes in the race
Overnight, by flying,
We can be most any place.
We use the world-wide internet,
While we keep our butts in place,
To make deals, that make us money,
When we can't meet face to face.
Ships larger than most stadiums
Move goods across the sea
To make all we buy cheaper
Lower cost for you and me
Meanwhile the jobs are gone
That allowed us all to buy
The rich are getting richer
It's enough to make one cry
This went on for many years
The middle class was in a fix
Then the Donald came along
In two-oh and one six
He ran on making changes
To the middle class delight
Now it's nice to have a president
For, We the People, in the fight
Things began to happen
Changes for the globe around
The middle class began to smile
Do-nothing politicians frowned
Trump not in acceptance
By the elders on the hill
They could not let him turn-around
What had made their pockets fill
Before he even took the oath
Impeachment rumors were in place
This new president, a traitor.
The Russians helped him win the race
Besides that, he did not receive
The most of casted votes
But won the college handily
Per the Constitution's notes
In spite of negativity,
Brought by liberal delight,
Trump has performed as promised
Always with an uphill fight
Unemployment at its lowest
Trade deficit was turned
Give aways to other countrys
No longer free, they must be earned
Working with our largest companies
To bring our labor back
We've seen it start to happen
In the dam there is a crack
Placed duties on Red China
To bring them to the table
Trade deficits are growing
Must work to make them stable
The wall on our southern border
Being built to keep crime out
Still welcome legal immigration
That's what our country is about
No longer are we willing
To be all to everyone
Fair trade is all we're asking
For how it was, we now are done.
The cowards in our congress
Are afraid of what that means
What will happen to their income
All that extra pork and beans
There was a Trump impeachment
By the Asses on the Hill
Was rejected by the Senate
The Pacaderms had had their fill
Twenty-twenty came along
Less than a year to the election
Looks like Donald is still winning
The left needs a good infection.
China's more than pissed off
Would change the game we play
Send the World Coronavirus
That's why we're where we are today
Trump brought in the experts
Shut our country's borders down
Asked that We the People
No longer traveled into town
Shut down our economy
That was the best we'd ever seen
Did it to save a million lives
Never did it to be mean
Was no cure for the Covid
That came across the sea
It's passed along by contact
To infect both you and me
While waiting for a cure
We were asked to hibernate
So we did not catch the virus
And death or illness not our fate
Now we're in the month of May
We've seen that isolation works
Covid-19 is not gone
In the shadows, it still lurks
States rights have been recognized
To determine the return
To a normal way of living
And the days for which we yearn
We the People must be patient
The deadly virus is not through
Stay six feet away, not under
Wear masks, and wash hands too
Get tested, when it's possible,
To see just how you've faired
Don't dare let the Donald down
He's a president who cared
I hope I have not bored you
While you're home, in your dominion
It's the way I saw it happen
The way it is, in my opinion
Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2020
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