America the beautiful,
America the Gracious,
America the Brave
America the Voracious,
America the Surveillance
America was once the greatest.
Gilded gold streets
left to rot by the ultra rich
While the poor try to find somewhere to sleep
Among the empty houses foreclosed upon
What happened to the American Dream
The belief that we could do anything
Say it out loud and you’d be laughed out the room
The illusion has crashed too soon
We bleed for a better tomorrow
and get ashes in return

Hope has a price tag
Can you afford it?