America Is Thinking

America is thinking:
We can't walk down the streets.
There's a bus at each corner
To take the place of our feet.
Another stop on the side
Where you can walk in the door,
Place an order for two,
And get enough to feed four.
Our magazines illustrate
The expectations to meet;
To be skinny and slender,
Look stylish and sleek.
We’re hypocrites with weapons
Of propaganda and trends.
Buy a car then some pills,
It all goes to our heads.
Global warming is nothing
When a D cup is hope.
If the ocean takes over,
Then at least you can float.
At this point we are objects
And products of money.
No one cares if you’re smart,
You just have to be funny.
So why do we have
A problem with green cards
If being free to ourselves
Is a tall tale so far?
We’re a result of our
Booming democracy.
Of no passion, no hope,
Of exciting vulgarity.
Advertisement should perish
In the hands of such greed,
When we’re forced to buy peace
And everything we don’t need.
When a teenager begs
For some miniscule cash
To fill a little car’s tank
With a gallon of gas.
What happened to the prospect
Of being unique?
Because now if you are
You’re considered a freak.
America is thinking:
Let’s take a big stand.
Let’s solve this together.
It’s in everyone’s hands.
Let’s raise up our voices
Of continuous praise towards
The ones with the choices
In this culpable phase.
Because without us there is
No American dream.
Without us America
Has no uprising gleam.
If we can make her the best
She can possibly be,
Then maybe a new day
Won’t come with a fee.