in the
metaphorical sky
of the american
democratic republic
the honoured eagle
soars freely—
swooping down
at will
in the cosmic life
and death
race of races—
claws carrying
weary caged feelings
to volcanic craters
of injustice
as caged mocking birds
in sad beauty
sitting stilled swings
singing songs
of extinction
in the home of the brave
and the land of the free:
what a lingering mockery
of
innocent innocence—
oh say can you hear the {birds}
singing stinging sad songs…