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America Today : Narrative Poetry

written by Poet : Paul McCann


 

 

With everything that's happened ,

a lot has been said  .

 

Wars have come and gone

and we have buried our dead .

 

The past has past ,

we have to live here in the now .

 

America here today is different somehow.

 

The streets of tomorrow ,

we have yet to walk on .

 

But the foundations

are the same we build upon.

 

In New York

we still have the homeless on the street .

 

Help if you can , look around ,

get them to their feet .    

 

Someone's son or daughter ,

abused somewhere in town   .

 

The rich became poor

 and the walls came falling down .

 

In the USA Freddy and Fanny have gone .

 

Wall Street dived

and down went major corporations .

 

In Detroit,

 retrenchments without explanations    .

 

They've just reopened the Statue Of Liberty .

What does the word freedom mean in society ? 

 

Camp David's chapels begun communications ,

with new nondenominational relations  .

Guantanamo Bays closing down operations .

 

Americas talking to all leading nations .

 

With dedication there can be a way forward .

Out of confusion and to be in one accord ,

with what's going on in America today .

 

The media influence is in all we say .

Let me remind you what's most important to us 

Listen one thing that never changes ,

In God we trust .

 

By Paul McCann

Originally Posted On Site: 2009-07-05 03:47:13
Last Login: 02.08.12


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