Tired of It All

 TIRED OF IT ALL

We stand dazed and confused

            And feeling misused.

With all the lies we're fed

            We can't believe a word that's said,

And we're tired of being abused.

The American Way

 THE AMERICAN WAY

America, land of immigrants,

            Hates immigrants.

"Shut the door after me," we say.

            After me, they're all

                        Criminals and lowlifes.

That was what those

            Here before us

                        Said about us.

"No Irish Allowed," the signs used to say.

Paddys, Dagos, Wops, Kikes, Polacks, Hunkies,

            They called us.

Now the children of the Paddys, Dagos,

            Polacks and Hunkies

Don't want all those

            Spicks and Chinks and other lowlifes

                        Pouring into the country.

I suppose it's just

            The American Way of Life.

The Forever War

 THE FOREVER WAR

The war has been going on forever.

We don't remember when it began.

We don't remember how it began.

We don't remember who began it.

We don't remember who we're fighting.

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We don't know why we're fighting.

We just know we have to keep fighting until the end.

We don't know when it will end.

We don't know how it will end.

We don't know if it will end.

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It's been going on forever.

Trail of Tears

 TRAIL OF TEARS

We've been on this Trail of Tears

            For many long years.

We began on this Trail of Tears

            In ancient times

                        And foreign climes.

We lost many along the way.

            We have forgotten their names.

Now we lead the way

            On this Trail of Tears.

Tomorrow our children

            Will lead the way,

And their children after them

            Will lead the way

                        On this Trail of Tears.

And their children

            Will have forgotten our names.

Dark Spot

 DARK SPOT

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter,

An immortal storm,

Has lasted for millennia.

America was born with a similar storm.

It has darkened every generation.

It darkened my generation.

It darkens this generation.

It will darken future generations.

It is the American Great Dark Spot.

He Abhorred War

 HE ABHORRED WAR

Upon taking the throne

The Emperor let it be known

That he abhorred war.

But that was before

He turned Iran into a tombstone.

Dido, Queen of Carthage

 DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE

Trojan Aeneas raised the libido

Of the Queen of Carthage, named Dido.

But despite her pleas to stay home,

He said I must roam,

Rome needs me and I must go.