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An American Mantra

United we survive, with division comes demise.

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An American Mantra
Scott Dyer

America, I know you’re tired

So am I
Still I fearfully predict
The worst is yet to come

America, I know you’re angry
We have that in common, as well
But I fear we have much further to go

America, I know you’re wounded and sick
Everything is inside out
Hope is at an all-time low
But we must shape the future up
Not destroy it blow-by-blow

And lo and behold
Remember the mantra
‘He will not divide us’

There’s funny smells and tummy spells
Aches and pains all over
Our shoes are worn and clothes are tattered
Citizens forlorn with hopes and dreams now shattered

And yet, he shall not divide us

We care too much for cash and riches
We burn oil like Salem’s witches
The Earth needs major surgery
And about three million stitches

America, our future is both dim and bright
There is no either or
And still, he will not divide us

The fossil fuels burn and with them go the atmosphere
Real Facts are no more now that alternative truth is here
Yet we shan’t be divided by his rhetoric of fear

Maybe all will be okay
When we grow older and become sober
When the day is reborn from the night
And we overcome this divisive plight

America, we are on the brink
Of giving up our right to think

We are killing ourselves with our own pollution
Slowly drowning in intellectual digression
What can save us but cultural dilution?

We must find a human solution
And multiply love not bask in the hate

Help the world thrive
Not live and let die
Especially at the hands of this division

He will not divide us

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