Dream
the American
Defining
Who are we? And how dare we evolve!
“For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.”
A bully on the world’s playground.
We are narcissistic to a fault:
calling ourselves the future’s last, best hope –
a white picket fence, a nuclear family,
Daddy wearing a coat and tie to work,
a spare bedroom for travelling guests.
A false sense of elitism
cancels out our everyman-ship.
They say a fish can’t survive
in water that’s too pure – so let’s
just have a cupcake and call it a day.
nicely done … love the ending, too
Kevin
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Yep. It got lost in the middle and needed a strong ending!
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Cupcakes! What a great idea. Nicely penned.
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It was one of several required words in the experimental poem. Can’t take the credit.
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