Awake the Nation (Reprise)

 

Awaken the nation whose people are naïve
  and whose leaders manipulate them
Awaken the nation whose leaders use deceit and innuendo to silence
  and where racists fill the airwaves
Awaken the nation that suffers in silence
  except to praise their antichrist and their orange-headed hero
Awaken the nation that knows no other way but to follow blindly
  and no other traditions but their own
Awaken the nation whose only belief is more capital
  and uses their full belly as proof
Awaken the nation who allow those in power to steal their rights
  and their freedoms as they are scattered to the wind
Awaken my country…Let us all find liberty.

(with apologies to Lawrence Ferlinghetti…)

J. Michael Pontious 2024