The great social experiment 
     The revolutionary idea
That we, the People, could form
     A more perfect Union
Failed to uphold justice 
     Protect domestic tranquility 
     Provide for the common defense 
Abandoned the general welfare 
Incinerated the Blessings of Liberty
For ourselves and our Posterity 
Two hundred and forty-eight years
     Was a good run, I suppose
The hope to be governed by the people
     For the people
     For every eligible voice 
     To enjoy the opportunity to be heard
Was willfully eclipsed by the shadow of
     Kakistocratic -
     Technocratic -
     Plutocratic - 
     White supremacist -
     Christian nationalist -
     Fascism
Have we answered the question
     Whether societies of men 
     Are really capable or not,
     Of establishing good government
     From reflection and choice
Or have we proved
     They are destined to depend,
     For their political constitutions,
     On accident and force
Or, dare I add, willful ignorance
     And deliberate, egotistical self-absorbance
The fifty stars and thirteen stripes hang upside down
     In the hearts of the concerned citizenry
While chaos, fear and greed reign unchecked
     Over the land that was never to have a sovereign
With days cacophonous and nights despairingly bleak
     There is light from the resistance
Those who risk to speak 
     To share 
     To shine light
     Onto the truth of the grift of the century
Those who take serious their vow to uphold the Constitution
Those who believe we hold these truths to be self-evident
     That all PEOPLE are created equal
     That they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights
     That among these are
          Life,
          Liberty,
          And the pursuit of Happiness
Those people who do what they are able
     To take a stand however they can
Because they hold fast to the American Dream
     And the dream of a better America
Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave
     Where we yearn to be free
     And we're tired of being brave

-gws