Sunday, October 28, 2007

American Dream

The waves rocked
The sails swung
The voices chattered
The babies cried
The air excites
The ship sailed

The girl thinks
The girl smiles
The girl laughs
The girl plays
The girl screams
The ship lands

The smiles faded
The frowns appeared
The mothers wept
The fathers worried
The children stared
The homes leaned

The rats scampered
The people wished
The trash pilled
The filth gathered
The American Dream failed

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOOOW

the end was the impact... so powerful... i love it... it provokes such a strong...almost ANGER-like feeling, like betrayal, like how can the DREAM do this?

really great.

phx

Joanne Youngeblood said...

it's amazing, ebcasue so many ppl actually felt this way after they came here. so awesome

-J.Y.

diana yu said...

the change in mood is so saddening :(... very effective piece.