America

I. 

How am I ashamed 

yet proud to call you 

my country?

America

You of the fake patriotism

You of the contagious culture

You of the holier than thou stance on everything

You of the blood, white, and blue

You of the half truth histories

You of the billions served

You of the biased media

You of the brainwashed masses

You of the propped up presidents

You of the hired assassins

You of the hardened arteries

You of rights thinly disguised

You of open arms?

the Latin American

Asian American

African American

Indian American

Native American

Dead American

You have

overthrown totalitarian titans

to claim their iron fist as your own.

America! The asleep

America! The apathetic

America! The obese

You of the commercialized holy days

You of the the eternal wars

You of the painted façade

You of the rotten core

II.

America

You of the Revolution

You of the rebellious

You of the resolute

You of the strong backs

You of brave, and disposable youth-

The freedom of expression

The lakes, the beauty, the art, the anger,

the disconnection