America in 2019

by Ricky King

An old, mad, blind, fucked up, and racist man –  
Senators, who in the broad light of day  
Ridicule and scorn educated masses – 
Congressmen who neither see nor convey,  
But cling to their freedoms and liberties  
Till they’re stained with the impoverished blood of 
A people enslaved in damasked factories – 
An army blinded by patriotism 
Makes genocide, death to democracy – 
Gilded Amendments and Articles which  
Continue consumer colonial  
Ventures that have driven away our god.  
Shelley, are there ghastly poetic relics to  
Help shine a light on our dilapidated day?