What is the future of this nation
In worse shape than you could imagine
Decadence abounds
Politicians are all clowns
Into an endless war a few years ago
Led by a Texan with a big ego
People protest in the streets
Bring our troops home at least
Girls in skimpy clothes and nude
Guys with many a weird hairdo
Cars are getting way too fast
Government spying is a farce
Drugs are killing our youth
Will he beat Babe Ruth
Sending rockets in the air
Think they'll land a man up there
Kids are getting very rude
Things they say are quite crude
Floods of ambitious migrants
Testing local tolerance
Don't graduate from school
People think you are a fool
Want to work hard
To buy a house with a yard
War threatens from the east
Rising up like an angry beast
My nuclear weapon is aimed at you
Oops, you have got one too
A favoured President is dead
We look to the future with dread
It's already 1968
Time to act before it's too late
I like poems with social relevance. Your observation is true even in other societies. Great poem!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Well, if this poet remembers 1968, then he has th wisdom of years to guide his statements. This is very much a political speech of a kind or an essay on the day. Either way, such things are always worth the time, GW62