by Plebicola
Roll out the barrel and strike up the band
Good luck to the country in the new Promised Land
Our troubles are all over and the future will be sunny
For we can solve all our problems with other people’s money
We won’t need borders, police or Yankee Doodlum
All will be for the best in the commie New Jerusalem
We won’t need oil refineries, and we’ll all be non-binary
AOC at the Met Gala will still be dressed in finery
The prisons will be empty with no one doing time
When the state will hand you money, why commit a crime?
The Big Apple has Mamdani ‘twas a Cinderella story
He’d return Manhattan to its days of former glory
But his charm is quickly fading for the shoe just doesn’t fit
When Lowell gets such a mayor, it will be time to split
So farewell to the Constitution and the SJC as well
Vote for the DSA and enjoy the ride to hell.
No longer to Jefferson and Lincoln will we bow
We’ve got us a new hero and his name is Chairman Mao.
The candidates they’re offering are bold and well-educated
Dreamers of big dreams and by common sense unfreighted
Progressives in Wisconsin love Francesca Hong
She makes perfect sense to me whenever I smoke my bong.
Thanksgiving is an evil day, she says, it’s not so grand
It’s better to be miserable when you live on stolen land
In Michigan there’s El Sayed and his buddy Piker
Compared to them Hong’s not so bad, in fact I think I like her.
It’s not that things are perfect, there are problems to be solved
But if China is your model, your thinking should evolve
Or just roll out the barrel and strike up the band
Good luck to the country in the new Promised Land
5 responses to “The New Promised Land”
Bravo!!!!
Brilliant
President John F. Kennedy was a practical idealist who often resisted rigid political labels, famously describing himself as a “liberal without illusions.””Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a radical force for civil rights, his philosophical writings frequently analyzed the economic tension between the West (Capitalism) and the East (Communism), explicitly arguing that the truth lay in the middle. “Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both”.
I agree with BOTH of these ICONS because being “in the middle” isn’t about being weak or indecisive. It is about having the COURAGE to take the best ideas from both sides to build something stronger, ALL TOGETHER! Because its not about compromising your principles or values, its about demanding a system that is both economically sound and socially compassionate, built by EVERYONE for EVERYONE!
Wish we still had the Democrat party of JFK.
He wouldn’t recognize it now.
Love the poem!
I enjoyed that!