The Evil Empire
The Evil Empire
The United States of America is a frustrated power,
it arrived late on the imperial scene.
Instead of conquest or exploration,
it uses its wealth to buy its needs.
This Empire has no morality in its arsenal,
Guantanamo, Bagram and rendition are its methods.
Along with its lackeys it has spawned nations,
supported dictatorships and fermented unrest.
Opponents of the empire are quite simply bombed,
or banished by the use of sanctions and worse.
It believes in its own propoganda,
the Land of the Free and its claim that its president is
the Leader of the Free World.
It is highly manipulative in sinister ways,
its aims often camouflaged.
Social media will be its undoing,
as the world reveals its duplicity and deceit.
Its poodles would do well to severe their links,
before they too are burned.
Might is not right is a lesson they will learn the hard way,
Morality is far from its shores,
as is any sense of conscience or decency.
keith jeffries
Sat 30th Mar 2024 11:18
Thank you for your varied responses to ths poem. To give serious consideration to this poem it requires a good knowledge of world history stretching back to the beginning of the last century. This added to a balanced appraisal of the news from a number of media outlets will assist one's overall perspective. It is a mistake to rely solely on State Broadcasting organs as they have their government's agendas to adhere to first. Reggie I love your use of the word 'stuttered'.
Thank you to one and all,
Keith