Xenophobia

[spowell421]

I'm disappointed and severely irritated,
These bureaucrats appointed are very overrated,
The power is becoming more concentrated,
As the common man's life becomes more complicated,
Personal Policies are being debated,
So the snakes in the system can be over compensated,
Still desirable even when degraded,
And fake to the core when excavated,
Is the American Dream really gold plated?

Can the dream ever be achieved,
or just a concept only to be believed,
I'll never know how it feels to be an American set free,
But the stories in my history book has left a fire burning in me,
I wish i was alive to see these concepts conceived,
But its 2013 and I feel I've been deceived.

Its hard to know what to fight for,
When there is nothing anyone is willing to DIE for,
Its hard for a country to become uniform,
When all society wants is to keep us torn,
My country has lost its identity and has dropped to all fours,
Why isnt anyone teaching us to appreciate where were born,
To understand this concept my generation will have to look to our fathers before.

[Todd]

Is this meant to be a revision? Why are you posting it again?

[rowens]

This is something where people say, "That's so true", then forget every word of it 30 seconds later. Until the next time someone says it, because someone's always saying it.

[Catcherin]

Not sure I like this one, least of all for the ironic title. Disillusion with the American dream is a cliche. Plus, in my view, it is basically a sense of entitlement that I find quite shocking given the global disparity required for our decadent lives. Otherwise, it reads relatively well, though the notions are naive.