There are two Americas today
One that puts its faith in the system
The other that puts it in the people
The first is the Left
The second is the Right
And this is the way it has always been
One side relying on the power of the State
To impose its will on the individual
The other side relying on the individual
To build, protect, support and celebrate this nation
The irony of course is the system
Relies on, and feeds off of these very individuals
One side wants to tear this nation down
To rebuild it in a vision of hope and change
The other wants to build on its traditional foundation
To simply make it great again
And make it even better
The Left and Right are not two wings
Of a single birds
Not two sides of one coin
They are instead two fundamentally different
Visions of what is right and wrong
What is the light and the dark
America, we are at a crossroad
What will it be, fun and freedom
Or anxiety, depression and terror of tyranny
(9/9/26)
As I sit here and ponder
on Americas 250th anniversary,
I look back through history
and the sacrifices people made.
All the wars fought,
revolutions,
civil rights,
and the many other events
that have shaped America.
I look to the future,
to many more celebrations of its birth.
Not just cookouts and parties,
but the true feeling of being thankful
that we are here to see and be apart of it.
In addition to indigenous peoples
of the Americas known as Native Americans
the country of U.S.A. is populated
by those from far away other lands
but now there are many in the U.S.
living illegally on borrowed time
as the Governement wants to deport them all
for an untried unproven crime
and if they do so then who will pick
all the fruit and vegetable crops
when they are gone back to where they're from
as that's where the dollar stops
Well lammy he got slammy..' while karma hopes to be
Jammy.? cause in the past there were caustic blasts.'
I don't think Mr Trump really thinks thats funny? Yet
The man has never returned that trick, maybe he was busy
Making money.? Of course he could not be fair and strong
Just take a look at (the drainstrems song!) and dance.?
Their whole climates not too sunny.' Only dark clouds on their
Charts' bad attitude.' With eyes and noses runney.. those cry
Room kings and queens we hear.? Them loud, yet not so clear.' Look! We know lifes not.! All milk and honey.' I would
Advuse for calm and indeed respect.' Ask that all might recognise
The fact Americas choice.) Is to rebuild both hope and faith.'
They want to live in uplands once again more free and sunny.)
Crazy!!
You’re driving me crazy, insane, mad, what a bam bam,
Anxiety have your psychologist, psychiatrist lead me to your promised land.
You're driving me crazy, insane, mad.
You have me on the borderline, jumpy, stressed, depressed, oppressed, traumatised victimized troubled, PTSD
You're driving me crazy, insane, mad.
Can't walk, can't talk, can't run, can't sing, can't dance,
Can't look, not a chance no remarks
You're driving me crazy insane, mad with your fancy freedom plan like a one man band, you have destroyed all my plans
You're driving me crazy, insane, mad.
Stab me in the back claimed you're trying to save me from self-attack;
Slit wrist, body mutilation but you're the one with the dagger in the hand
Am I crazy, insane, mad?
You're driving me crazy insane mad.
Have me battered, strangled, kidnapped, shot, manipulated,
lynched, isolated, incarcerated for crimes you have perpetrated
You're driving me crazy insane, mad.
But am I really crazy, insane, mad or is this a part of your systemic plan?
Can this thing go any faster?
At this rate, we’ll all be left behind
Cheers to our philosophy
of this could be our “perfect disaster”
Running power lines through empty cities
It felt like we could take on the world if we wanted to
I miss those feelings
fading, fading
How could something so real
slip away from me?
Wandered into a fairytale
I’m scared if I open my eyes,
it’ll all go away
I’m calling for something real
At this rate, we’ll all be left behind
I’m calling you back
hoping my advice
can be your immediate relief team
But unironically,
I’ll fall harder and faster than you will
I only hate you
‘cause you’re more forgiving than I could
ever wish to be
Can this thing go any faster?
At this rate,
I’d rather be left behind
Captain America’s Shield
A shield of a brave imaginary hero
With lots of symbolism to show
Bearing some signs from state’s flag
For patriotism and loyalty hug
Shape is always round
Resilience from all battle-wounds
Armor made from the strongest metal
Super shiny, a bulletproof material
Center is a state’s big silver-star
Surrounded by lines guarding from war
Other shield was with round blue lines
Latest was red, best color and kind
Shield’s shiny huge star is for hope
A great triumph, with gallantry to cope
Powerful battle shield which you may salute
Perfectly matching Captain America’s suit
Aug. 4 ,2022 10.50pm
CAPTAIN AMERICA’S SHIELD
Captain America's shield
to build
Strength.
And to yield
Justice and Joy at length
in every field
whether to battle
or to get settled!
Shield of America
seems a Replica:
A Symbol
Overall
for progress
to access
success.
And to set up a Guild
of American Citizens : Perfect
to get protected
by America’s Shield.
07/28/22
Captain America’s shield
Contest by Robert James Liguori
I
Happy Birthday USA
But the short and long of it
Political correctness, sungay- pungay -
America for short, United States in it
"Norte Americanos", or US citizens
Celebrate on July 4th
And I have lived & lived that too
God bless America! Amen
II
And God Bless AMERICAS, South too!
There is colonialism in language
We gloss over it, except with Sex
Then we insist on being so correct:
LGBTQ and LGBTQIA
And then the Census: add new 'race'
-
Yet America. Or America's includes Cuba
And St. Vincent, and your favorites
Yet we exclude at will, call Africa, 'coubtry'
When it has more than 50 countries
And I am calked "Asian" even when
I never visited, or had parents born in it
Yes, language helps us celebrate -
Some people, places, preferences, prejudice
And now some truth
Can you handle it?
I'm just an ordinary man,
latin barking in south american way
and i say : Soy loco por ti America,
soy loco mis amores...
Yes I'm crazy for love,
but I don't have money in the bank,
but I have relevant friends,
and many without much importance,
but they're people, and I'm crazy
by people from all over the world...
So i continue writing
for us to be all
friends... !
God save Americas!
We have atavistic coincidence :
easternmost point
of the Americas
Cabo Branco, Paraíba
Brazil
The woke demand that we devenerate,
revise old statues, plaques and history
of leaders who were once considered great,
as truth confronts a lasting bigotry.
To laud and honor what they represent
supports and propagates a curse and weight,
creating new and growing discontent,
to abrogate old hails to racial hate.
Blind scales of justice failed to understand
and measure damage done by prejudice
across our bountiful dynamic land,
thus adding space to this profane abyss.
But now new rays of liberty are seen,
illuminating every sacred wound,
as politicians face what should have been
and steer us toward a higher, firmer ground.
Glorious Spain after 1492, and the cost
Long forgotten, but for Bartolomeo de Las Casas
O the lie of OUR WORK ETHIC! How did Catholic Iberia
Rule the Americas (1492 -1898), dominate Europe?
You can rule, too, if you enslaved all of the Americas!
Unasked questions hide truths from you
Asking them offers hope
Why did the East long shun Europe
Until post - '92 [1492]
Deep in the south, lives the Southern Pine.
I love the fresh pine scent, it’s really quite divine.
The palms adorn the water’s edge, such sturdy summer trees.
As they grow, they will bend and shape up in the breeze.
The Magnolia has a lovely flower; its scent is, oh so sweet.
Downwind in the evening breeze; it makes the day complete.
Evergreens unfurling their new baby greens; will make a fright, Halloween;
when their mass of moss highlights eerie moons scenes.
The Catalpas displaying their long pods; nicknamed Cigar Trees;
create an eerie vision of waving fingers in the breeze.
Pawpaw trees, with their sweet fruits; better than bananas;
These tasty treats are great to eat so, fill up your bandanna!
Southern trees are beautiful, like Cypresses and Red Cedars. You must go south to see them all; yes you must, dear readers.
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