It’s all about winning. Suddenly, or maybe not so suddenly,
our society has immersed itself in a game of self-destruction. If we can’t win,
then we must at least destroy the opponent.
We seem incapable of coming together as a nation, or trying
to heal the open wounds. If our population doesn’t wise up, we will gradually
bleed to death.
All the talk about tolerance and diversity has been thrown
out the window. Apparently, it only applies if it relates to our group. And,
sadly, the most intolerant now seem to be the ones who used to preach it.
We have reached a point where Kennedy’s famous request that
we ask “ what (we) can do for our country” has been distorted into, “if the
country doesn’t agree with me, I will do my best to destroy it”.
It truly has become “all about me, and my opinions and wants”.
There seems little room for compromise or cooperation.
A few years ago, I wrote a poem about a growing sense of
egotism and greed concerning our celebrities and political leaders. I fear that
this has spread into a national disease.
Perhaps it would be wise for everyone to take a breath and
think about “National Anthem” (In the Cat’s Eye, Snap Screen
Press, 2009). Is this really where we want to go as a nation?
Glenn K. Currie
National Anthem
It’s all about me!
It’s all about me!
Indubitably,
That’s how it should
be.
Speaking candidly,
I’m in love with me.
Me! Me! Me!
It’s all about me!
It’s hypocrisy,
To didactically,
Preen endlessly,
About humanity.
Just turn on TV,
And you will see,
The reality.
It’s all about me!
So when up you stand,
With heart in your
hand,
Prepared for the
band’s
First song of the
land,
Please sing after me,
“Oh say can you see,
The land of the free,
Is all about me”.
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