The American Dream II
the American dream.
a nightmare only accessible to all the non-billionaires.
a distorted vision.
we are forced to taste the tangy fruits of life.
yet we are mouth-less, yet we are force-fed.
a culture suffering, a culture starved.
deep wounds unique only to America and Americans.
bringing this generation's "the great devastation".
the dreamers are being outnumbered.
to fate and fatality.
not only will we never eat.
but we may never eat well.
praying on swollen knees for peace, for answers, for change.
praying for the acknowledgement, praying for glimpses of heaven.
our ancestors.
weeping.
knowing.
these dangers.
are more domestic than foreign but are domestic and foreign.
we are not protected.
our ancestors.
weeping.
knowing.
our vulnerabilities - the media broadcasts them for free.
for free...
the generational curses.
the plagues, the diseases.
nothing is for free....
to see,
to touch,
to hear,
to taste,
nothing is for free...
to know,
to weep,
to be,
to be free from the "American dream"
(nightmare, frankly).
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