American Eagle Flies On Straight
© Surazeus
2018 11 28
Alone at my computer desk I work,
designing maps that model reality,
in development lab of company
contracted to support the military,
somewhere in empire of America,
and watch from afar men struggle for power.
Across ten thousand years of human history
the aggressive male leader of his gang
assigns role for each person to perform
when they fight other gangs to control land,
merging and dividing in constant war
till empires unite from competing nations.
Through gathering storm comes aggressive man
with weapon of death in his red right hand
to fight rivals for positions of power
so one will triumph when the other falls
and assimilate others in his gang
till he crowns himself king of all the land.
Every prophet, god, emperor, and king,
whose name is recorded in chronicles
of myths, legends, epics, and history books,
fights and kills other men to rule the land
in never-ending war to eat and breed
till his descendants dominate the world.
Yet another violent aggressive man,
terrified in his weakness from despair,
occupies the White House at this fraught hour
who wants to crown himself king of the world
though we elected him to four-year term,
but tyrants always fall from blinding pride.
So I sit back and watch his rise and fall
just like another television show
about aggressive man who fights for power
where he plays his doomed game of chess with Death
since story we will tell after he dies
narrates his tragic fate caused by his flaws.
So many little men with selfish minds
twisted by greed from fear since they are weak
assert their dominance with puffed up chest
by declaring prophets as journalists
liars who only want to bring them down,
but they always fall by their own despair.
Will he destroy our empire with his greed,
or will America recover well
to rise again from war stronger than ever
and assert principle of liberty
through equal justice for all living souls
who vote for one we want to rule four years?
America was here, founded on rule
of law enforced by democratic rites,
long before we were born to play its game,
and so America will still be here,
thriving on diversity of its people,
long after we all leave it to our children.
The American Eagle of Democracy
requires both her left wing and her right wing
to fly on straight through storms of constant change
so we maintain strict balance of development
with two parties that oppose dominance
so no tyrant can ever take control.
Every four years the Hidden Dragon wakes
to continue revolution of change
so we maintain process of constant growth
balancing conservative base of values
with progressive attention to improvement
so American Eagle flies on straight.
Nameless and alone in my nowhere lab,
I continue designing maps that show
progress of history in growth and decay
through the rise and fall of our tribal leaders
so we can navigate the current storm
and build better world for children to share.
© Surazeus
2018 11 28
Alone at my computer desk I work,
designing maps that model reality,
in development lab of company
contracted to support the military,
somewhere in empire of America,
and watch from afar men struggle for power.
Across ten thousand years of human history
the aggressive male leader of his gang
assigns role for each person to perform
when they fight other gangs to control land,
merging and dividing in constant war
till empires unite from competing nations.
Through gathering storm comes aggressive man
with weapon of death in his red right hand
to fight rivals for positions of power
so one will triumph when the other falls
and assimilate others in his gang
till he crowns himself king of all the land.
Every prophet, god, emperor, and king,
whose name is recorded in chronicles
of myths, legends, epics, and history books,
fights and kills other men to rule the land
in never-ending war to eat and breed
till his descendants dominate the world.
Yet another violent aggressive man,
terrified in his weakness from despair,
occupies the White House at this fraught hour
who wants to crown himself king of the world
though we elected him to four-year term,
but tyrants always fall from blinding pride.
So I sit back and watch his rise and fall
just like another television show
about aggressive man who fights for power
where he plays his doomed game of chess with Death
since story we will tell after he dies
narrates his tragic fate caused by his flaws.
So many little men with selfish minds
twisted by greed from fear since they are weak
assert their dominance with puffed up chest
by declaring prophets as journalists
liars who only want to bring them down,
but they always fall by their own despair.
Will he destroy our empire with his greed,
or will America recover well
to rise again from war stronger than ever
and assert principle of liberty
through equal justice for all living souls
who vote for one we want to rule four years?
America was here, founded on rule
of law enforced by democratic rites,
long before we were born to play its game,
and so America will still be here,
thriving on diversity of its people,
long after we all leave it to our children.
The American Eagle of Democracy
requires both her left wing and her right wing
to fly on straight through storms of constant change
so we maintain strict balance of development
with two parties that oppose dominance
so no tyrant can ever take control.
Every four years the Hidden Dragon wakes
to continue revolution of change
so we maintain process of constant growth
balancing conservative base of values
with progressive attention to improvement
so American Eagle flies on straight.
Nameless and alone in my nowhere lab,
I continue designing maps that show
progress of history in growth and decay
through the rise and fall of our tribal leaders
so we can navigate the current storm
and build better world for children to share.
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