Land of the...uhh...free?

By hate_doll

"save our country"
"save our county"
"buy the bombs"
"buy the bombs"
Let our teachers slowly quit
Let the books slowly tear
Let the chalk slowly fade away
To nothing
And nothing will be done

...because...

The government has effectively
Sold fear to the american people

***and***

we buy it like sickly sweet cotton candy
Fluffy and tasty, but be careful...
...you might throw up

Wave not the flag of freedom
But the flag of blinded faith
The flag of restricted rights

Let us not send medicine and food,
But soldiers and guns...

->Sorry, we don't do salvation
Maybe you could step out of the office
Of arrogance, and make a left
To hope

But don't expect us to help you out

and remember, we'll never let you down
unless, of course...the money's right

...whytt *03

(thanks to Nightingale and S.R. Parke for last night's little discussion, they inspired some of the thoughts and words in this piece)

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Published on Friday, August 1, 2003. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Land of the...uhh...free?"

On Monday, September 18, 2006, Bluegirl (177) wrote:

sad, but true. Beautifully written. "be careful... you might throw up" yes, INDEED!
A former member wrote: amazing! you wrote this so well. i love it!
On Friday, October 15, 2004, Nesfurata (58) wrote:

Very good write. I love the honesty and sarcasm -Elizabeth
On Saturday, August 7, 2004, mysticventures (527) wrote:

GREAT WRITE! - well put - Land of the free my ass - with over 2 million laws on the books?
A former member wrote: Tattered. Torn. Freedom forlorn. My sanity scorned.
On Monday, March 29, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405) wrote:

For some reason this makes me wanna spit, spit all over the damn flag. Lol. This is complete true and raw in nature. I loved it. -Morb
On Monday, March 29, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405) wrote:

ugh... completely rather
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, Chameleon (111) wrote:

*burning the flag*...Ah, the tyranny of people led astray...REVOLUTION!
On Saturday, September 20, 2003, Demosthenes (155) wrote:

hate, my dear. wonderful. enough said. -B
On Saturday, September 13, 2003, manywalks (747) wrote:

...sorry, we don't do salvation... that line says it all. ~ mw
A former member wrote: Oh, Whytt, that was a perfect synopsis of what we were talking about that night...you did so good with this, and it's blunt truth and you don't shy away from it...
A former member wrote: Its a great write. Your opinions expressed bluntly and openly and i love it for that. I disagree politically of course but you raise questions and i respect that more than you can know. ^aura^
On Saturday, August 2, 2003, A Velvet Tongue (434) wrote:

And as always, my dark dolly...You wrote it cut throat and brash...Just the way I like it! Love it babe! ~Vel~
On Friday, August 1, 2003, blackdarkness (227) wrote:

I agree....great write...well put...
On Friday, August 1, 2003, Griffin (114) wrote:

damn i missed the discussion, well nice write. you would be surprized with the similarites between the bush and nixon administration
On Friday, August 1, 2003, Ophelia (221) wrote:

Very nice, didn't some one say last night that the flag was made in China. Love this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,O.
On Friday, August 1, 2003, DarkPoet (229) wrote:

Hey. I like how you think. Time for a regieme change here at home.
On Friday, August 1, 2003, diavolessa (207) wrote:

YUP, I second that. We need some cleaning done here in DC!