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Poems - The American Dream
| | The American Dreamby mick4himself
Is it me or am I just confused/
Someone has sparked this conversation and has ignited my fuse/
I’m mad at the thought of an American dream/
I say that I am mad at the thought of an American dream/
What the hell is an American dream/
I’ll give you the answer and it’s the American scheme/
What is set up for me in this U.S. of A/
Everything here is red, white, and blue, and the rest to me still seems all gray/
Can I get filthy rich from this American dream?/
Can I get a sip from the cup of this American dream/
With some of that American cream/
If you got one person that is rich/
We should we all get rich/
From the needle that stitched/
The American dream stitch/
I don’t wanna hear about America being rich/
And wealthy beyond its cause/
If America was rich/
And wealthy beyond its cause/
We would have no homeless…wait a minute…let me pause/
And rewind back to the part where I said we would have no homeless/
Shall I press/
Unless/
No-one understood that part/
I’d gladly go back to the start/
For some of you that aren’t/
That smart/
Doesn’t anyone remember New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina/
And the aftermath that was left and the scandal with FEMA/
How many hours and days did those people have to wait/
Close to 16 hundred had to await/
Their fate/
An untimely demise/
Before someone realized/
At the last minute…Hey…umm…those people need help/
How should it of been spelled/
Out when you’ve got dead people swimming in kelp/
An American dream I have to laugh at that/
If you’ve got the American dream then pat/
Yourself on the back/
But if you work/
And you work/
And you still don’t get paid/
And agree that the taxes are sky/
High/
And gas prices for your Ford Focus seems mathematical to an Escalade/
Then turn to your/
Neighbor/
And ask them with a scream/
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM///?
Mick Scott © 2006
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I enjoyed the read,
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by hotstuff on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 (15:46:06) |
I enjoyed the read, I especially enjoyed you going back in the piece with your thoughts. Would be great aloud. Some lines could use some tightening. I thought the kelp line was forced with the rhyme too much. Otherwise, nice piece.
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I really liked this
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by Princess on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (02:01:07) |
I really liked this poem. I would be careful with the grammar though. Otherwise I thought it was POWERFUL! I thought it was true, honest and real.
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great topic--perhaps
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by RockstarPoet on Thursday, April 24, 2008 (16:57:42) |
great topic--perhaps the ////// are bit much---to much break distracts the read
rework this is moves well and could be a great poem
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feelings here are we
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by Bogeyman on Saturday, September 06, 2008 (08:37:22) |
feelings here are well expressed. don't agree with the message, but gotta give you credit for expressing your beliefs. don't know why you're using / at the end of each line - any special meaning there? just would like to leave you with one thought - don't knock America if you haven't lived anywhere else...
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feelings here are we
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by mick4himself on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (23:32:31) |
Hello and thanks for the response! Yes, I have lived outside the US, the US is a great place to be, so i wasn't knocking it as much as many have thought.
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feelings here are we
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by mick4himself on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (23:33:17) |
also the / I have gotten rid of those as I have grown w/ my poetry.LOL! Thanks for your critique!
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