America Is Broken

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Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken and your bigotry and hate smokin’ from the race fires you are stokin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken and the woke that you have woken are like toads in the swamp croakin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken but the media are too busy cloakin’ and your addled fragile ego strokin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken since Trump border policy revokin’ now kids in the Rio Grande soakin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken yet Hunter was drinkin’ and cokin’ gettin’ richer off your name invokin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken and her greatness must be spoken but you are too stupid and oaken Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken and a trial a martyr’s death evokin’ yet race and gender you keep pokin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken and the Green New Deal is chokin’ so what the hell you must be jokin’ Hey Sleepy Joe, as it was foretoken it is clear now America has spoken that you are the one that’s broken! Written: April 2021

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/22/2022 10:43:00 AM

Love this one, Keith. Congrats for your win

Joe Maverick

Date: 12/21/2022 12:23:00 PM

I see you got a win here, its such a sad reality We are all living in now, all soundbites and no Sense, its the end of days it seems? people in Office doing what.? Jumping to anothers tune And I see it not just on one side.' All the best I would like to write carefree but its not Possible as things stand.'

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/20/2022 1:31:00 PM

Way to go. Well written truth. Congratulations for your win :)

Terry Miller

Date: 12/19/2022 12:44:00 AM

A fine poem, congratulations

Christuraj Alex

Date: 12/18/2022 10:01:00 PM

"Hey Sleepy Joe" - such a courageous address, which, I don't think, in my nation it is possible. Our freedom of speech is almost throttled. A very beautiful satire and irony. Congratulations!