<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433340" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Big American Boo Boo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The article was written, <br>'Big American Boo Boo'.<br>Several years ago, <br>It appeared in a local newspaper.<br>And those who read it...<br>Dismissed this as a caper, <br>Of an author who refused...<br>To embrace the cheering of a war, <br>Sought and fought...<br>That would eventually disgrace.<br>And create wounds that soared.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since then, <br>Jobs have been outsourced.<br>Communities of people displaced.<br>Unemployment continues to rise.<br>And embarrassing faces, <br>Show the affects of tears traced.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Institutions are folding, <br>Slipping as if to dip in quicksand.<br>Leadership is questioned.<br>And accountability absent...<br>With no one responsible, <br>Choosing to take a public stand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An economy taken for granted, <br>Now on the brink of no return.<br>Signs scribble high in neon lights...<br>'Lessons Taught One Day Will Be Learned'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But no one then showed a bit of concern.<br>Except those with vision...<br>Who had their characters assassinated.<br>By those who now have had their egos burned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The article was written, <br>'Big American Boo Boo'.<br>Several years ago.<br>And it was removed from the internet.<br>By those with influence...<br>Who perceived it expressed, <br>An unpatrioticness.<br>By a maverick professed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And yet these same folks, <br>Who then refused to accept.<br>Have lost not only their dignity...<br>But also their self respect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Finding their lives lived now in humility.<br>And in retrospective...<br>In much regret! <br>And yet their denials, <br>Are with them kept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433340" data-title="Big American Boo Boo de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="The article was written, 'Big American Boo Boo'. Several years ago, It appeared in a local newspaper. And those who read it... Dismissed this as a caper, Of an author who refused... To embrace the cheering of a war, Sought and fought... That w..."></div> </div> </div>

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