SPELLING AMERICA: An acrostic satire

   Amputated apogee of accreted Anglo-Saxon liberty

   Mediocre mendacious mirage of money

   Emergent epidemic of effendi émigrés

   Richest country with moral poverty

   Icon of Ronald McDonald's iconoclastic imagery

   Capitalist cum-caked country

   Aghast at its own afflictive misunderstandings
      & anesthetized by arch-enemies of its own making:

   AMERICA: land of the flea & home ah semi-slaves!


Sam:    (scratching his head) Hmm. This poem seems to filled with anger. Can anything 
        good come from that?

Terri:  (shrugging her shoulders) Well, it's a harmless way to vent some frustration.

Kris:   I'm not so sure. Perhaps negativity can spread like poison.

Tim:    Satire has its place. It is not the final step, but often a necessary bridge point 
        between disappointment and a new vision. If the author is really courageous, 
        he or she will examine the conflict more closely and work towards a resolution. 
        That takes energy, time, and commitment.

Ted:    Yeah. Sometimes we've got to see things as part of a process - not as a final 
        product. However, we are emotional beings. Often moving on is a process that takes 
        both time and tears.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A discussion about anger and exploration of some of the contradictions inherent in the USA
KEYWORDS: dystopian America, UnAmerican poetry, acrostic poetry, political satire, initialism

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan  / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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