Drones strike nearby
Innocent children die
Widowed mothers cry
Missiles cross the sky
Our bloodlust, we satisfy
Treaties, we nullify
Israel, we gratify
Torture, we justify
The truth, we classify
Countries, we occupy
The innocent, we vilify
Murder, we glorify
The media prints the lie
Their bullshit, we gladly buy
The world, we terrify
We don’t question, “Why?”
Silently, we comply
We’ll eat our apple pie
on the fourth of this July
and drink and just get high
since freedom does not apply
And justice has no ally
We turn a blind eye
to the horrors, we can’t deny.
Written by,
Shelby I. Courtland
©2015 Shelby I. Courtland
Recognize yourself in this one? I am sure you do! Now, you can look away from the truth of this one if you want, but the shoe fits and you are wearing it; stupid, clueless Americans! And while I am at it, let me disabuse you of the notion that there is anything, ANYTHING at all exceptional about you, ’cause there ain’t! I do realize that since there is nothing but air in the space between your ears, you’re finding this hard to absorb. Let me make it more clear for you. You are a stupid, useless fuck! You think the world revolves around you because you are an American. Newsfuckingflash, it SO doesn’t and you are simply a piece of shit that just refuses to get flushed down the goddamn toilet despite my many attempts to flush the lot of you, down! You ain’t getting flushed for lack of my trying and that is for damn sure!
shelbycourtland 
“Newsfuckingflash” now that alone is poetic! Excellent poem and to the point. Makes it difficult to squiggle out of this truth.
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Thanks Tube! Since I’m an American shit, and I ain’t braggin’, Im just sayin’, I’m calling myself out on this one also. I don’t call nobody names that I won’t answer to and even though I know without a doubt that ain’t a goddamn thing exceptional about us filthy American shits, I want all the other American shits to know that they need to get flushed as well ’cause they ain’t fucking exceptional. They’re just shit and ain’t a goddamn thing exceptional about SHIT!
Again, I thank you for your comment!
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I ditto what Tubular has said here!
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Thank you much Sojourner! With you guys in my corner, I don’t need a fake assed canned cheering section. I got the real deal here! Again, thanks!
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Reblogged this on An Outsider's Sojourn II and commented:
Read this poem, Mr and Ms Merica, and then either applaud until your hands sting, or try to hide from this hard truth, it’s your choice. But if you choose the latter, then I hope your hiding eats away at you, until you can’t stand your self anymore, and then finally have the guts to turn from your ways and stand up against this tyranny, this extreme evil!
Excellent, amazing poem, Shelby! Spot on!
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Bless your ever loving heart for reblogging this one Sojourner! And what you’ve added is right on the money! I appreciate the thumbs up on this one, I truly do!
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Shelby, A great post, thank you! Ever wonder, if Hitler was blitzkrieging Europe now, which side the US would be on? It’s not even a wild guess, I’m afraid. – Linda
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Indeed! We BOTH know the answer to that and so do millions of other Americans, but they’d never admit it. I haven’t a problem admitting it. I just wish that I could say that I was shocked that I could so readily admit to knowing that this shithole has really been on the side of evil from its filthy ass birth and that is why I included a reference to Independence Day in my poem. This shithole needs to die already!
Linda, thank you for that spot on comment! Never the shy one, are you? I love that about you!
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Reblogged this on News for the Revolution.
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Bless your heart too newsfortherevolution! I thank you also! I’ll be along your way shortly to read some more unpalatable home truths about this shithole called, America, filled with shits that ain’t ‘exceptional’!
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This is a really well done poem and difficult to write on top of that and still have it make painful sense. Your message is clear and sadly accurate for so many of us thinking anything and anyone not America is something less. I don’t know when and if anything will ever change, but I hope it does and soon for the worlds sake. We need to become an equal part of the world community not bullying it. Great post as always Shelby.
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Thank YOU Dom! Yes, it took me a couple of weeks to work this one out and I’m still not satisfied with it; ever the perfectionist, I am but many American shits need to read this one, not that it’ll do any good, but hell, I gotta fucking try ’cause I can’t turn a blind eye and that ain’t no lie!
Again I thank you because you would know how hard this one was to put together, if anyone would but it seems everyone that commented realized that much effort went into the penning of this one.
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This is a great poem Shelby! I think it sums up alot of issues perfectly 🙂
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Like I said my friend, very well done and really painful, but important to read as it speaks the truth. Just because we don’t want to hear it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
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