We’ve abused our great freedoms
to reap the results
with school and church shootings
hate speech a new cult  

No respect for the flag
or sacrifice made
ignoring our veterans
despoiling their graves  

Our streets wait in ambush
where the enemy hides
to prowl in a wasteland
where evil decides  

The constitution a weapon
to pervert and inflict
traitorous courts
with laws nondescript  

And blindly we run
(toward the cliff)
greed our marching song
narcissism the battle cry
—America is gone    

(Ardmore Pennsylvania: April, 2023)