Thursday, May 25, 2017


They've All Come to Look for America
                                         -Simon and Garfunkel

(A group poem in which each of the boys contributed stanzas)

America, TAKE ONE
The land of Big Macs
The home of the Golden Arches

America is the land of the free
But some may disagree
How free is the land of the free?

Red, white, and blue
These colors fly true
If all the people of America only knew

Oh, I'm proud to live in America
Where the government is kind
And I'd like to thank all the men who worked
To manipulate my mind

And I proudly accept
The propaganda, the lies, and the tricks
If they say three plus three is five
Then it never equaled six

America, TAKE TWO
The land of the Yankees
The home of the NFL

That sounds a little better
But there's still more
This is America we're talking about after all

The things you want out of life
Come with a cost
So look deep

Freedom
The thing of grace
The thing wanted by all
Can be gone in a blink




Freedom
Bought by soldiers
Protected by our own
Taken by our enemies

America, TAKE THREE
The land of the free
And the home of the brave

Freedom
We defend those
Who can't defend themselves
No matter the consequence

This is democracy at its best
The first place created on its principles
The first place where dreams can become reality


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