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The Modern Common Sense

The Blue of the Democrats

The Red of the Republicans

Where is the White of The People?

 

When did We The People become,

We The Separated?

 

In times like these.

We cannot look to the government.

We The People, must look to ourselves!

 

United We Stand!

Divided We Fall!

 

The government was never

fat politicians.

It was We The People

 

Where is the Red, White, and Blue?

 

We are the Government.

We don't have the luxury

to blame ourselves.

 

We The People.

Of the United States of America

must stand against today's problems.

 

Not debt.

Not war.

Not education.

 

But laziness,

disunity,

and hopelessness.

 

Blaming the government,

is blaming We The People.

Blaming your neighbors.

Blaming your friends.

 

What happened to Uncle Sam?

He fell and We ignored him.

Our Uncle Sam is still there.

begging for help,

We keep walking.

 

Now We ask each other.

Where is Uncle Sam?

Where is Patriotism?

Why is our country in disarray?

 

I say,

look unto yourself

We The People

have become lazy

have become confused

have become weak

 

The World is turning.

Mother of time is ready

to spit out the old,

and chew,

on the new.

 

Like Rome.

We seen our final glorious days.

The New World dawns.

 

But I tell you my friend.

It is not too late.

We have all heard and saw Rome's dismay.

It is not too late.

 

It is not too late.

 

We can learn from the Romans.

We can turn from our ways of laziness.

Help Uncle Sam!

Bring a New America.

Out with the Old!

In with the New!

 

Uncle Sam has a lot on his plate.

The War in Afghanistan,

His debt to China,

and His fading economy.

 

We can't help him by solving those problems.

But let us,

We The People.

Clean His home.

Sing a song to him.

Our all-american Uncle.

Fix his home.

 

Let us We The People take the first step,

if you see kids on the streets,

yell at them,

"Did you do your homework?"

"Are you studying for your SATs?"

Encourage!

 

If We are at work.

Don't play FarmVille.

Work knowing this,

You are fighting for America,

everyday is another dollar off of Uncle Sam's debt.

You are the frontline in this war against time.

 

If We are at school.

Stop flirting with random girls or boys,

with intent of ***

Know this, you are next.

We are The People.

Kids build the bullets of Uncle Sam's Gun,

through education.

If Uncle Sam has good bullets, he will win his battle,

If Uncle Sam has bad bullets, he will lose his battle.

When Uncle Sam goes to battle with the other countries,

your bullets will be the difference between America the destroyed,

and America the victorious.

 

We Are The People.

We Are The Future.

We Are The Government.

Never forget that.

 

So next time you ask yourself,

how did this happen?

Look at yourself,

remind everybody.

We are The People.

 

We need to work harder America.

There is no question to that.

That is the Modern Common Sense.

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inkyu-kim
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Dec 5, 2011
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