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American Revolution MAG
Over the hills and halls of Mount Vernon
I heard voices that cried,
"No taxation without representation!"
And the Tories who lied.
In the monuments and museums and houses
I saw people who dreamed
In the battlefields of blood and of anger
I saw the British get creamed
I saw brave men who died
And children who cried
I heard calls for freedom to vote
I heard lofty appeals
And men with ideals
I read words that the wisest men wrote
Yet it baffles me now
To understand how
These men died for America and why
It's a nation of thugs
And homewrecking drugs
And poor homeless children who cry
Our forefathers tried
But instead they died
If you look closely, I think you'll find:
A nation of crime
And a nation of death
Was not quite what they had in mind.
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This article has 48 comments.
Potatoes Are Awesome said...
on Jan. 19 2011 at 11:39 am
I like the way the form of the poem changed. And the message is very true.
S M Wells said...
on Jan. 8 2011 at 11:48 am
I take it you are extreamily arigant, impolight and thoughtless. These people have been very grnerous in there prais. And you have faild to give any recignition for there atention. I find that extreamily intolerable. Such selfishness is not likely to help you along your way in life. Nor are people going to like someone so totaly unapriceative. Forgive my poor spelling.
Still_Waters26 SILVER said...
on Oct. 1 2010 at 9:22 pm
true, very true...American's morality is slipping, I can hear our forefathers banging on the lids of their graves. i like the british, though :).
meganwagner21 PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 9 2010 at 4:52 pm
very clever. i relly liked it
Jellybean9898 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2010 at 3:07 pm
omg this is so true. i love it! so deep, such strong meaning! omg, keep it up that was brilliant
StandardToaster PLATINUM said...
on May. 22 2010 at 2:41 pm
wow. so powerful and true. i love it. check out my work?
BeautyFromPain BRONZE said...
on Apr. 30 2010 at 6:38 pm
So incredibly truthful. Sad, so very sad, that they fought for what? The drugs, the disobedience, the unjustice...
Eric DeMeo said...
on Apr. 30 2010 at 9:29 am
good poem. And truthful
spitfire213 SILVER said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 8:29 pm
could not be truer. im glad someone has a grasp on the world we live in.
Sweatheart SILVER said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 8:22 pm
i love this poem its amazing
Emily.Anne BRONZE said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 3:58 pm
wow.. this is deep. nicely put. good job.
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kimmycakes GOLD said...
on Jan. 10 2010 at 10:58 pm
omg this is really good...i can basically see why he wrote it it was good!!
Shambler92 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 10 2010 at 12:14 pm
amazing man, America Unveiled. love the final stanza, short and a punch to the face. i wrote an article about this subject too.
