Yankee misconceptions of the world they left behind,
assist to keep them comfortably buffered,
the heritage that used to be, a European mind,
and years of wars those peoples long since suffered.
So Pilgrim Fathers left our shores to make their dreams come true,
and build from scratch a better place to live,
and soon embarked upon a brave new world began from few,
with best intentions all they had to give.
But carving up a continent was not an easy task,
where greed and vermin easily could flourish,
and soon this fresh society behind the brave new mask,
grew giant rats with plenty there to nourish.
A European tidal wave relentless cleared away,
with Indians like forests swept aside,
so brand new concrete jungles sprang up each and every way,
upon the land where all those natives died.
Free from King and colony, and through a civil war,
the fledgling state grew ever stronger still,
self determination is the motto on their door,
and with the power to impose their will.
Private corporations with accountants at the wheel,
made economy the lord to whom they serve,
quietly convince the population that they feel,
that by spending they will get what they deserve.
Inventing mass production in Detroit was Henry Ford,
a revolution there was on its way,
and soon the city swelled as in for work the labour poured,
convinced they’re working for a better day.
Then to keep this workforce happy, and believing that life’s good,
give ‘em Big Macs, Coke, Walt Disney and the sports,
using films for ideologies that pump through Hollywood,
which can govern by concensus all their thoughts.
The European wars contrived to tip the power scales,
and helped the US profit through supply,
with armaments and ‘Liberties’, the ships so many sailed,
that very nearly bled an empire dry.
So now we have America, the major power left,
consumerism is their comfort buffer,
and as their huge economies establish and invest,
their global impact soon makes others suffer.
Respect for other peoples, for their cultures and beliefs,
should be the first concern in all our minds,
not force or subjugation, and the morals of a thief,
which with the global companies we find.
Their unrelenting might and major politicians bought,
make all of us suspicious rightly so,
suspicious of the funding that these leaders clearly sought,
and finally the lengths to which they’ll go.
Power when misused becomes a nasty ugly tool,
but remember that things always go both ways,
try not to leave it in the hands of any fool,
for that fool won’t be the one that’s made to pay.
