GS Poetry Home
Home
GS Blog
Media
Forum
Events
      Poems      Poets      Submit Poems      Collaboetry      SoulCasts     


 
GS Poetry
 
     
           

Your Ad Here

   
  arrow poetress1913's PREVIOUS POEM poetress1913's NEXT POEM arrow  
     
     
  
"STATE OF THE UNION"
  by poetress1913



So I was watching television
And I saw this man talking about the state of the union
So naturally I’m assuming he’s the president
Unfortunately he didn’t a know thing about what he was doing
So I watch him fumbled through every lie that he spoke
And I watched him laugh and make unnecessary jokes
Awkard
And immediately I wished I could fast forward to the end of his term
And he used big words to make his speech more appealing
And I decoded his words hoping to reveal the hidden truth
And he called Africa a country
And he didn’t even know the foreign leaders
And while the nation was attacked he was busy doing readings
And ‘cause he can’t play well with others
Gas is more than we can afford
And yet somehow the country gave him another term
America
WAKE UP
And yes I support the Dixie Chicks
So Toby Keith should just sit down
‘Cause if everyone mindlessly followed the leader we’d all be underground
Remember Hitler
Now I’ve got your attention
And did I mention that Bush has never really won an election
So I guess my vote doesn’t count if in the end it’s Congressional selection
So I guess we shouldn’t expect him to work for us
We didn’t hire him
So I guess we shouldn’t be upset that we can’t fire him
So when they say we are a democracy
The government is just lying
And soldiers keep on dying
Trying to fight for freedom
For...
Of....
Yeah, they leave it blank to fill in later
And when the waters rose we desperately waited
And all we got were FEMA trailers
And celebrity fundraisers
But aren’t we taxpayers
So let’s go green and recycle the paper back to the citizens
And if we’d just take a moment and listen we’d realize something’s missing
And that we have the power to make change
Instead of sitting back and complaining
And that President doesn’t equal Master
And we don’t have to roll over and do tricks just because he asks us
And we don’t need masks to be bold
And we don’t have to wait until we’re told to react
We are a nation for the people and by the people
So when will we stop acting like we are the weaker
And begin to speak our minds
And we don’t have to riot
Or commit acts of violence
Or believe all the statistics with gospel reliance
And we are one nation under a man who thinks he’s God
Who spends most of his time on the family farm
Like he doesn’t have a job to do in Washington D.C.
But let me speak easy just in case he listening in on this conversation
Because that’s just one of things he wasting our money on
And the deficit just keeps running on
And our bills just keep piling on
And the soldier death keeps adding on
And we just keep padding on the excuses and calling it loyalty
Patriotism
And hail to the chief
Who is sending us to hell as we speak
And we will have to reap what he’s sown
Even after his reign is gone
And we’ll have to clean up his mess on our own
And TAPS plays on for America
21-gun salute
For the state of the union

- Chyrra Greene
© 2000-2008 GS Poetry. All rights reserved.
search icon
Date Submitted: Aug 07, 2008 (03:05 AM)
search icon
Viewed: 32 times
user icon
Rating: Rating of 1Rating of 2Rating of 3Rating of 4Rating of 5Rating of 6Rating of 7Rating of 8Rating of 9Rating of 10 (3,223,543 Points)
user icon
Poem Favorited By: 0 Members
send the poem to friend
   
     
 
key Log In to rate this poem or add it to your favorites.
 



comment icon  POEM RESPONSES (0)

No poem responses yet. Click here to be the first!!

 


comment icon  COMMENTS (3)
  David Wilson
10/11/08 (08:19 PM) 
Im done... your work is so powerful... Wow... Peace and Love

  touchdapearl2
08/07/08 (04:30 AM) 
WOW....killa line ( so i guess we shouldnt expect him to work for us,we didnt hire him! wow this piece was defintely on point!

  Cyn-Cyn
08/07/08 (03:35 AM) 
Nice. Im sure you could have kept writing more

Page(s): 1 
key Log In to rate or comment on this poem.
     
     
  arrow poetress1913's PREVIOUS POEM poetress1913's NEXT POEM arrow  



 
Site Links
About GS Poetry
FAQs
Testimonials
GS Gold Membership
Links
Copyright Information
Contact Us
 
Site Features
Buy Credits
Promote GS
Events
Collaboetry
Soulcast
Poet Search
RSS icon RSS Feeds
 
GSoul Baby-Tees
GSoul Baby-Tees
Support GS and urban poetry by purchasing an official GSoul Baby-Tee. Order Now!
 
Donate
Help GS continue its efforts to maintain a creative and supportive poetry site. Any amount is welcomed and appreciated.
 



© GS Poetry 2000-2008.  All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy