Showing posts with label greener grass. Show all posts
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Friday, February 10, 2017

US versus They


It is a plot to divide US
It is a ruse to stimulate a surplus of national pride in US
It is a ploy, we are the toys.

They use trigger words to incite, to goad and prod US along
As though branding were everything, to US
As though we wanted nothing more than blue fescue, rather than
greener grass, voracious verdant vines with bosky blades as tall as bamboo, success.
They use hot keys to gain entry into our pockets and private dark places.
They use races sorted by skins as friendly competition
They pull heart strings and the wrong note reverberates.
Here.
The game must have players who want to win.
The business must have buyers who need to lose some extra cash.
The nation needed a nemesis, they wish hate was more common than sense,
It was
Easier
To fight
US.



Artwork By Lily Furedi (Smithsonian American Art Museum) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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