Trump ******* us all
but did he really?
The South followed suit on its promise
Yet the heartland had a change
We would like to say:
“He doesn’t represent America.”
But doesn’t he?
Profit above all is the capitalist credo
Racism: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Sexism: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Xenophobia: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Hasn’t that always been the American way
Keep the neighbors distracted with one another
Keep the neighbors fighting one another
While you rob them blind
And their children
And their children’s children
And . . .
Trump speaks
For those that see government only as a tool for furthering business
Trump speaks
For those that were born into a position of privilege
For those that find it offensive when their privilege is pointed out
For those that can construct legalese so their privilege can never be denied
Trump speaks
For those that believe something determined by genetic or socio/politico/economico construction
Not effort of their own
Imbues them with divine right
Imbues them with heaven’s mantel
Imbues them with a destiny that is their burden to make manifest
Trump ******* us all
Trump doesn’t speak for America
Historically
Morally
Doesn’t he?
© Christopher F. Brown 2017
Jan 2, 2017
Jan 2, 2017 at 8:09 PM UTC
Trump ******* us all
but did he really?
The South followed suit on its promise
Yet the heartland had a change
We would like to say:
“He doesn’t represent America.”
But doesn’t he?
Profit above all is the capitalist credo
Racism: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Sexism: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Xenophobia: to divide the people and keep them disorganized
Hasn’t that always been the American way
Keep the neighbors distracted with one another
Keep the neighbors fighting one another
While you rob them blind
And their children
And their children’s children
And . . .
Trump speaks
For those that see government only as a tool for furthering business
Trump speaks
For those that were born into a position of privilege
For those that find it offensive when their privilege is pointed out
For those that can construct legalese so their privilege can never be denied
Trump speaks
For those that believe something determined by genetic or socio/politico/economico construction
Not effort of their own
Imbues them with divine right
Imbues them with heaven’s mantel
Imbues them with a destiny that is their burden to make manifest
Trump ******* us all
Trump doesn’t speak for America
Historically
Morally
Doesn’t he?
© Christopher F. Brown 2017
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