American Dream.. Poem by Rue Palmer

American Dream..



UNITED NATION WE HAVE THEM THINKING
AMERICAN DREAM IS A HOUSE CAR AND PICKET FENCE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DREAM OF A NEW TOMORROW
YET WE HAVE THAT EVER DAY AND STILL NEVER COME,

SO OBAMA IS THE DREAM OF KING
BUT WHAT THE USED WHO IS HE FOR,
WHO CAN HE HELP, ONE TERM TO THE WORLD
IS GOOD FOR BLACK, YES WE MADE IT..

SO WHAT IS YOUR DREAM, FOR BLACK IS THE
SHADE THAT NEVER DIE AND AFRICA IS STILL
HOME, WAR IS THE ORDER OF TIME, PRESIDENTS
MADE TO SECURE THERE TIME TO GOVERN.

HAVE YOU NOTICED, HOW WE LIVE, IN THE
DREAMS OF OTHERS, WALKING WITH OUR HEAD
IN THE EARTH LIKE GOD FORGET US, AND MAN CAN HELP US
AND EARTH WILL FOREVER STAND THE ABUSE WE BRING
CONSTANT FLOW OF NATURE AND ITS FURY, HOW
LONG WILL YOUR DREAM MAKE YOU SLAVE TO THE WORLD..

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
could never figure this out, , and people think that a country dreams alway match up with theres, , a car a house is certainly not my dream as a black man, who has been slave for over 400 years, , survival is...
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