why i'm proud to be an american(response)

by Antwan Fields - Aries

nights id sit in my window and look out over the city of chicago
reveling in my freedom
i must admit i was an offender
who was not proud to be an american
i was GRATEFUL BEYOND REASON to be an american
even with the racial and sexist and homo/heterosexual past
somewhere in the country are those that still don't give a fuck
i'm proud i live in a country WHERE FREEDOM supposedly COMES BEFORE ALL ELSE
i am ashamed of americans who claim they hate it here
in china or cuba they could not say such a ludicrous thing
for they would be jailed or exiled
to a place just upwind of hell
but i'm proud-no ecstatic to be an american
for the simple fact
that its the best place to BE AN AMERICAN
and to be free.

Reason for writing:

    just had to respond.    

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2001-11-08 19:44:02
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:16
Poem ID: 65695

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