Mary Margaret Park MMP Publishing
Nov 23, 20201 min
America For Sale
poem by Mary Margaret Park
it is in the fall of truth
and in the flight of reason
America’s trapped
in a capitalist cage
the lackeys in Washington
have taken center stage
there’s a huge power auction
up on capital hill
the constitution downsized
for government swill
the politics of excess
dictate the rules
our paragons of democracy
court jesters and fools
it’s rumored the oval office
has a currency theme
stock trading symbols
against dollar bill green
America’s stock markets
move to an elitist sway
the everyman majority
rarely comes into play
globalization
is a super sonic wave
our economy falling
swept into its wake
industrialization
is long past its prime
in this cyclone of change
we must evolve to survive
the nation’s burdened by
big brothers beat
we’re slaves in a box
of corporate deceit
it is in government corruption
that democracy falls
it is the selling of America
that steals the future for us all