2017 Poetry & Storytelling Competition Volume 1 | Page 17

WELCOME TO AMERICA - JARED ROSS

America, the greatest country on Earth

Where terrorists are muslims,

or home brewed right here in the USA

Where Eric Garner "can't breathe"

And some citizens just can't believe,

that he would put that officer's life in danger.

But hey, this is America

Where divide and conquer is the name of the game

Where our politicians, our "leaders," are never prepared to take the blame

This is America

Where our people are more concerned with when the next jays will drop

than when the next bomb will

So welcome to America

Where a patient cured is a customer lost

And we can have an unborn child murdered for little to no cost

But this is America,

Land of the Free

Home to the largest prison population known to date

Because without our government, who else would be there to...regulate

The un-taxed use of nature and her resources?

Because who else would keep up and running our fear-based news sources?

America, The Great?

I think it's time we reevaluate.

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