The Land of the Free

THE LAND OF THE FREE

 America,

            Says our national anthem,

                        Is "the land of the free."

So far as I can see

            America is

A conquered province,

            An occupied country,

                        An internment camp.

Schools and universities,

            Museums, cultural centers,

                        And websites

                                    Have been conquered

            And cleansed of "unpatriotic" views.

Troops occupy our Capitol.

            Masked men grab people

                        Off the streets

                                    And intern them

                        In Gator Gulags.

Visitors applying for visas

            To visit the land of the free

                        Are scrutinized

            For their "un-American attitudes."

What is "un-American" in

            A conquered province,

                        An occupied country,

                                    An internment camp?

To remember that

            America was once

                        The land of the free?