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went early this morning to pay a bill
walked into and at the front desk
she said I will not be allowed in again
as she took my money
it's the law you must wear a mask;
everywhere you go
you must follow the rules
I replied I am an American
I make the rules; I am sovereign
she unlocked the doors
leaving; she said not the right the left

this is not AMERICA anymore
I am on my own now
the faceless just stare past me
they seem not angry yet in a fawny daze
their soul is missing;
that spirit is gone
filling carts rushing to the brim absent a just cause
running from death but they are really the same
never AMERICA again; its life is gone

I was spoiled on it too; seemed so rich in everything
gorging myself with freedom and whim; powerful
never thinking it would one day swiftly wane
before another drink of it; before it left me
even though their was talk of it ending
laughing at that thought with some disdain
the jest spoke truth with energy yet it could not be;
yet before my witness I did not see

are we no better than the rest of them; maybe after all it was just a dream
are we children of the State; are we growing up too slowly;
maybe never growing up

Joseph Phillip De Marco
© 8 hours ago, Joseph P