America your kingdom calls <br />America her rise and fall <br />Oh America land of the free <br />Mighty protector <br /> Of our oceans and seas <br />With warships and carriers <br /> Patrolling the universe <br />Escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers <br />Enforcing the international water pact <br />While our coastlines and boarders <br />Are over trampled by the importation <br />Of deadly contrabands and drugs <br />America your kingdom calls <br />America her rise and fall <br /> <br /> <br />Homeless citizens hungry and cold, <br />Weak and sick <br />The elders mistreated, <br />The children molested <br />Hospitals to busy to cater to the poor <br />Neighborhoods to pure to integrate <br />Land where the pilgrim cried <br />Land where our fathers died <br />Enslaved, tarred and feathered, <br />Tortured, shot, beaten and transformed <br />INTO WHAT? ? ? ? <br />America your kingdom calls <br />America her rise and fall <br /> <br /> <br />Daisies grow tall over the graves <br />Of those who have passed <br />Michael Steward, Eleanor Bumpers, <br />Michael Griffin, Amedu Diallo <br />The casualties are mounting <br />Penitentiaries over flooded <br />With prisoners of war <br />Trained to flounder, <br />To stumble and fall <br />Trained from childhood <br />For the unenviable role <br />Of supporting actor <br />In a one man show <br />Racism continues to prosper and grow <br />Yes there’s still racism <br />Sub-par housing and discrimination <br />Second class education <br />And non-representative legislation <br />Stuck beneath the totem pole <br />Ask not for whom the next bell tolls <br />Oh America your kingdom calls <br />America her rise and fall<br /><br />Mustafa Marconi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/america-her-rise-and-fall/
