RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN POLITICS
The Faces of America
Barack Obama said
There weren’t two Americas
There was only one
Barack Obama was partly right
And partly wrong
There aren’t two Americas
But there isn’t only one
There are more like twenty-two
Under the American sun
One America loves to read
Another watches sports on TV
One America plants a seed
Another has no need
One America reveres the flag
Another uses recyclable bags
One America loves barbecue
Another thrives on potato stew
One America loves its guns
Another wishes that was done
One America has no fear
Another cries a river of tears
One awakens to an ocean view
For another a simple park will do
One resides below the border
Another pleads for law and order
America has so many faces
So many cultures and so many races
Like the land we have all variations
But together we form a nation
United in our conviction
That together we are strong
We will rise above all wrong
Divided we are weak
That ship will spring a leak
Obama was partly right
Obama was partly wrong
He had a dream within his sight
But we are not that far along
