Unburied

What seems a lifetime ago

we had a nation teeming with promise

where hopes and dreams were born.

Now, Lady Liberty is on her knees

birthing a bloated corpse

half rotten, half decomposed

a sign from on high

that all is not well,

but rather that the end quickly comes.

All is not lost, brethren!

Rather than watch the horror unfold

and leave the corpse unburied

let us give it a proper sendoff

and let us each do our part

to help Liberty arise one more,

and bring forth the child of feeedom!