Tell Me America

Tell me America , Will you win this war ? Will you bring cruelty to gallows ? I see you daily here; Left and right like pendulum, Ups and downs like leaf-cutters, Building army, building allies, Pacing faster on trick’s ladder; Still this monster is gargantuan, Like phoenix looks its soul, Like elixir its spirit. Storms cruelty gathers daily The brutish it breeds like hornets, Their fangs like shoemakers' hammers; Making hell of every metre That I am affraid America; From which hedge will you strike, From which side will you come ; To bring brutality to its knee? The day mother bought a hen And let it loose for airing a bit No sooner it met the brutish Than the cruel scraped its head With their vampire’s aching-pecks. On their feast of bear your fangs; The green were shredded like young okra, And the gray like potato chips; Every foot wore sock of red ; That an aged man sermonised : Monster's world , young as the day is , Lions have made morsel of antelopes. Who shall tame the lions ? Who shall safe the necks of the antelopes ? Tell me America, will you win this war ? Will you bring cruelty to gallows ? Will you tame the lions and cage the peckers ? The lions are roaring everywhere and there, The noise is becoming louder and deafening Worldly peace in monsters' cage , tell me, And please be eloquent; will you win this war Or do we start decorating crowns for terrors ?