HYPOCRITE NATION: Some Questions for Uncle Sam

IMAGE: A torn American flag against a foggy sky with some oil rigs 
       and polluted petrochemical waters

	Cun we speak bout "justice"
	While forgetting the underprivileged?

	Err mention "peace"
	While terrorizing other countries?

	Whatz our hype bout "prosperity" mean
	ta millions who are starving?

	Duh statements bout "dignity" matter
	ta doze at da peripheries?

	Is America merely a nation ah hypocrites 
	living a nuclear-cowboy myth?

	Its military power may seem great
	Yet how much else exists?


Sam: 	(impatiently) Is this dude preaching again?

Ted: 	(chuckling in disdain) I think this author missed his vocation. He should have been a preacher instead of a poet.

Tim: 	(naively) Why not preach through poetry?

Kris: 	You got it wrong: spoken sermons are simply empty air. Action alone counts. In that respect, this joker was jest another stupid meaningless fart.

Tim: 	Geez.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: Some pointed questions about the chicanery of the United States.
KEYWORDS: American hypocrisy, Yankee duplicity, government double-dealing, Questions for Uncle Sam

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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