requiem

by oliver walker iii

oliver walker iii writes poems celebrating american history and christian family values

i met a man the other day and heard him say america has lost its way i wanted to disagree but it seems ro me he may be right the night is falling doom is calling there are no more heroes only the endless zeroes in the billions, trillions, quadrillions of the national debt which is cause for regret and will never be paid i am afraid a dollar is not a dollar and a dime is not a dime until the end of time it was not always thus when you could get on the bus or ride the rails throygh raun and hail davy crockett took an ax and gave the wilderness forty whacks and daniel boone whistled a free tune and delivered the goods in the deep woods george washington took a stand in the promised land for liberty against tyranny the pioneers had no fears custer took a stand too for the red white and blue billy the kid never ran and hid when geoinimo with his spear suddenly appeared and panned for gold or so the tale is told and went to the moon don’t ask me why on a day in july are there no more tales to tell? oh well —