oh home on the range--nothing has changed

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life

oh home on the range—

nothing has changed

disdaining

and disagreeing

yet sharing

the same bowl

pilate’s children dip

fingers in common water

each washing

the other’s hands

with bloody towels

of innocence

indifference

is the american way

come let us play

cowboys and indians

no less a claimed massacre—

last stand on somebody else’s land

not a mumbling word is heard

‘bout treatment of the ebony heard

at home on the range

seems nothing has changed

same beat…killing

same street…god willing

this is the land of the free

and the home of the brave

doesn’t include you and me—

children of the slave

race remains the country’s major issue

hued skin is still treated like used waste tissue

to making america great again

is returning to business as usual

let the chameleon poor heal their own pain

power for the masses is always met with refusal

let not bomb-barded hearts succumb to trouble

liberty succeeds nothing without struggle