After They Changed Everything

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where religio-fascist 
Regime remakes a world
Into its own Godly image

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where profit precedence
Overwhelms people's need under
Progress' grinding heel

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where the politics of fear
Weighs heavy on the conscience
Of a wounded nation

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where agencies vie
To spy and root out
Dissenting opinion

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where secret governments 
Make secret policy and
Enforce secret law

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where citizens arrested,
Held without charge
No judge, no jury, no peers.

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where kidnapped detainees
Are tortured until the end of
An endless war.


This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where administrative mandate
Manufactured on lies leads
To the death of thousands.

This is not my America,
Land of the Free
Where human rights
Replaced with military might as
A willing media cheers.

This is not my America,
Land of the Free.
This.
Is not.
My.
America.
This is not my
Land of the Free. 

© 2005 Joe Rigney