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  • Betrayal

    Country

    Country

     

    Propaganda, the word,

    was used in my life

    always with the pretext:

     

    Communist

    Liberal

    Conservative

    Vietnamese

    Nazi

    Japanese

    German

    Terrorist

    nuclear

    Chinese

    Enemy…..etc.  etc .  bla , bla, bla……….

     

    Bullshit- fucking horseshit

     

    Never American propaganda-

     

    But I tell you...

     

    And fuck me over if you want-

     

    I believed American propaganda

     

    I bought it hook – line and sinker –

     

    No more...

     

    I gave this country all I had to give:

     

    I honored the past

    Fought for the present and-

    Protected the future –

     

    I am not the betrayer

    -but the betrayed.

     

    I am now a citizen of the

    Human race- only

     

    And defend no borders

    No ideas, ideals, promises, flag or songs…

     

    I believe nothing –

     

    I live for survival as a being

     

    Country be dammed as it has dammed its citizens.

     

    Stolen land, rewritten histories –

     

    I’m not your fool-anymore-

     

    Give me a beer.

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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