The Lies They Fed Us – v6

The brass ring,

wealth, position

the corner office

an American dream

based on housing

Those in power

conjuring a dream,

nightmare, shackles,

the lies they fed us

finding nothing really there

We were never attaining

going, shouting, striving

seeking our real freedom

lies they fed us, tinny

ringing in our ears

Hope in the streets

true freedom from oppression

bound in the chains

prisons of their making

chasing a pipe dream

Edited October 22, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v6

Edited October 14, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lies-they-fed-us-v3.html

Edited October 14, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lies-they-fed-us-v2.html

October 7, 2011

The Lies They Fed Us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/lies-they-fed-us.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-wallstreet-protests-history-idUSTRE7964CY20111007

Wall Street protests

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/occupied-wall-street-seen-from-abroad.html

=====

March 17, 2011

calling on President Obama and the world

to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and Bahrain,

to stand with the people

yearning to breathe free

and not worrying about the results,

that it is always right to stand for basic human rights

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,120+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.