[Vision2020] 11-9-2016

[Tom Hansen]



11-9-2016
by John Gordon

On Election night, twentysixteen 
I saw a strange and surreal scene 
I looked cross the great harbor at Lady Liberty that night 
And I knew right away, something wasn’t right 
I saw Lady Liberty and she was crying 
Because the America she loved, now was dying 
 
She once welcomed millions to this golden shore 
But now they ‘re not welcome here anymore 
I thought of Ellis Island, where they once came through the doors 
Millions of feet crossing the Great Hall’s floors 
 
They brought their hopes, they brought their dreams 
They brought their plans, they brought their schemes 
They brought their laughter, they brought their tears 
They brought their love and they brought their fears 
 
They came with their families or came alone 
Some names we know, but most unknown 
 
They joined the huddled masses already here 
The marginalized, the forgotten, the second-class tier 
The wretched refuse that made this land great 
Yet met with derision, scorn and hate 
 
the First Peoples of this Mother Earth 
forced off the land of their ancestors birth 
forced to flee, run and hide 
one step ahead of the Genocide 
 
those that suffered from old Jim Crow 
pleading for rights, met with a NO 
When they were polite and asked with a Please 
They were met with a Noose thrown over the trees 
 
Many worked hard and were met with success 
Their children grew up to be America’s best 
Many here now forget where they came 
Their immigrant ancestor, can’t remember the name 
Can’t remember the ancestor that came here by boat 
Can’t remember the issues or the last vote 
 
Once we were great but that’s in the past 
Don’t blame us that it didn’t last 
Our country is changing from sea to sea 
Too many people not like me 
 
The only way is to take it back 
go out and stop them, go on the attack 
The others are the people that caused our pain 
Push them all out, again we will gain 
 
So he vowed an America, that’s once again great 
To get there, he said, America must hate 
Hate those others that are not like us 
Put them again on the back of the bus 
America first! and thats not all 
protect ourselves, lets build a wall 
We can bring back the greatness of a past day 
All we have to do is chant U-S-A 
 
The lamp beside the golden door 
Doesn’t seem so bright anymore 
 
It sounds so simple, but it’s really so Grand 
An idea we once used to build this land 
E Pluribus Unum, Out of Many, One 
An idea that’s Sinking with the Setting Sun

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. Stolworthy
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