Happy fourth of July America...lest we forget

A reminder for Americans

 Cold…dry…statistics

Wanna know how many lil’ kids
Go to bed hungry in the U.SA
Each night?

If I said “over a million”
Would you sleep any
less sound tonight?

And how many of you
Would agree with me
That being a kid can be rough?

Well…over six million American kids
Get either very little food…each day
Or simply not enough.

Feelin’ uncomfortable yet? I hope so!!!
Think about it, when you’re chowin’ down
This bountiful 4th of July

Foreign aid paid in one year to 150 countries
Including some enemies, is well over 60 billion, more or less
All paid by you and I

Our roads and bridges need 2.4 trillion dollars
To be repaired and fixed  
And brought up to a safe state

And all the while America crumbles
We’ve spent more than a trillion (not including Libya)
If futile wars in Afghanistan and Iraq… to date

And one other lil’ statisticThat I carped about before
on the 4th of July a couple years ago
In  a little noticed, seemingly inconsequential poem

Has grown to 6440 American boys killed in action
I hate this statistic!! It’s cruel and sadistic!!
And By God… they should have been kept home!!!

These are numbers and statistics
Too great for comprehension… by
Ordinary people like you and I

But I hope there’s someone out there
That I’ve made a little bit more aware
And… to complacent, naïve Americans everywhere

A bountiful, happy Fourth of July

(And let's pray no more of our boys have to die)

Author's Note

Help me hammer home the truth of what our nation is and isn't doing

Reviews

[J.J. NIGHTINGALE]

Wow .. my Father served, my Husband served .. and my son-in-law served ... I am thankful they all returned safe and somewhat sound .. I too am sick to death, knowing the statistics of it all .. I agree with your words. and still remain, a proud American ..

Jazz .. X

[Dean Kuch®]

You make a very strong and valid point here sir. I could not agree more. I really enjoyed the way you tied in all those statistics into a work of poetry. Very nice...