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 "PITY THE NATION"

     Pity the nation whose people are sheep

   And whose shepherds mislead them 

     Pity the nation whose leaders are liars

      Whose sages are silenced

       And whose bigots haunt the airwaves

      Pity the nation that raises not its voice

          Except  to praise conquerers

       And acclaim the bully as hero

          And aims to rule the world

              By force and by torture

          Pity the nation that knows 

        No other language but its own

      And no other culture but its own

    Pity the nation whose breath is money

    And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed

      Pity the nation oh pity the people

        who allow their rights to  erode 

        and their freedoms to be washed away

               My country, tears of thee

           Sweet land of liberty!

imagens e texto: lawrence ferlinghetti