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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Folder:
Society What has become of our American dream?
The values on which
this great country was founded
are no more...
gone with the smoke of war
and fumes of waste.
What happened to life?
We are on our deathbeds
being fed intravenously
these lies that success
should be pursued
at the cost of others.
We are told we can
have perfect bodies
through syringes
and dollar bills.
What happened to liberty?
We are chained to immodesty
taught in grammar school
and profanities streaming
from the lips of toddlers.
We are dependent on
the goods of other countries
because we are too lazy
to make anything ourselves.
What happened to the pursuit of happiness?
We are miserable enough
to believe we control
our own destinies,
that the world falls in our favor.
We are prescribed apathy
and insensitivity
with just one glance
at the evening news.
What has become of a
country built on God,
on wholesome morals,
on noble dreams?
We are all
selfish,
wasteful,
vulgar,
unhappy,
poor excuses for Americans,
pitiful examples of humans.
