Life As A Highway Robber

Escape from captivity pulled off

when I came of age

boyhood begrudged,

and bested by brigandage,

but willpower sans declaration

of independence begot bravery

against British brutes

bridging caper (involving collusion)

to bust loose from cage,

and trappings forcibly to plunder artworks

and sculpted treasures

by classical masters

without causing damage

taught by professional thieves

requiring minimal equipage

whereat over time footage

sordid memory constantly replayed

plunder and pillage unwittingly

fostering getaway

from hell raising gambits

planting seed to gauge

optimal instance cut footloose

cutting dashing Dickensian goniff

to feign criminal shenanigans

running rampant with militant spunky gangs

"FAKING" das spies zing

trumpeting hostage killing

and taking, nonetheless

swallowing bitter pill

reeking havoc as honorable image

in order to survive

within world wide

web of criminals (especially

an unwelcome foreigner),

where skills as buccaneer

really put to test, and tried

maximum lawlessness partaken

in (dolled up) guise suppressing shied

pitifull looking indigent vagabond

self away by donning

"FAKE" whippersnapper

benefiting getting to sally and ride

always exuding patriotic pride

pleasing ghosts of founding fathers

against their autonomy from

crown weathering woe be chide

recrimination impossible

to enforce as bride

of Lady Liberty opened arms for those,

who made dangerous journey

across avast ocean

only to confront (whodunit) thuggery

this lifestyle raping, looting,

and burning WITHOUT choice,

but guilt aye didst abide.

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Retrospective many generations since

marking birth of a nation

(The United States of America),

now mecca, sans land of milk and honey

current president imposed antithetical ration!