E Pluribus Unum

It’s time, by now, we did away with nations.

I tell you, hand on heart beneath the flag,

This jingo jag has now become a drag.

Those puerile patriotic palpitations

had meaning only when we lived in tribes.

Today our people mix and mingle freely --

so can’t we now dispense with Horace Greeley,

and w******s, wops and wogs -- why all those jibes?

 

Since nations never have a sense of humor,

it’s little wonder why we have these wars.

We need a change of heart.  Embrace the cause:

don’t split us into gooks or spooks or squaws,

or hicks or micks or spicks, or baby-boomers.

One nation under God, we’re all consumers.

Reviews

[Nico Reznick]

"Since nations never have a sense of humor,/it’s little wonder why we have these wars." What a phenomenally concise soundbite.
Last line took me totally by surprise. Ah, idealism!

[Arezzo]

Sharp intelligence, effortless grace and a delightfully languidyetaccurate turn of phrase ... I'm talking about the reviewer.