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america is a giant paradox,
\nbubbling like volcanoes about to explode
\namerica is a blossomed gardenia,
\nwhose petals have begun to unfold
\namerica is Capricorn rising,
\nthe truth is yet to be told
\namerica is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 foreclosed property,
\ndrowning in all her fool\u2019s gold<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a>america is sun in the summer,
\nbut quickly she\u2019s growing too cold
\namerica is grass receding,
\nlike tides on the shores of bordeaux
\na\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 merica is tainted emotions,
\nexplaining herself like Rousseau
\namerica is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Whitman,
\nfulfilling the dreams of Thoreau<\/p>\n

america is a black panther,
\na corpse police call John Doe
\namerica is Trayvon Martin,
\na snapple and a bullet hole
\namerica \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 america,
\nI don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know
\nI don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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