Pride for a Day

Sitting in an empty apartment contemplating life's everything,
Cherishing realization and awareness and all the joy they bring,
But now sidetracked by the fact I'm looking from biased eyes,
Mere genes and upbringing, trained by human truths and human lies,
Which then reminds me of another thought on which to dwell,
Nationalism vs. rationalism, which began when 2 buildings fell,

This trite pride fad as seen on TV,
All the tears and loss the media makes sure you see,
Facilitating feelings of belonging from big-budgeted propaganda,
That the middle east needs action, no longer Bosnia and Uganda,

Do we have to wear 3-colored clothes to show our pride,
Or listen to a song that preaches the greatness of a single nation,
Or make a purchase to feel all warm inside,
For the sake of the economy and our own indignation,

Let's segregate ourselves from humanity and the world's rest,
Homogenize Americans into Christians and call our God the best,
Then give it all false sanctity to prey on people's need to belong,
So we can force on other countries our own brand of right and wrong,

Let's all see Afghanistan as an evil place,
Where woman beg on the streets and all men carry guns,
Let's give all Afghanis a big nose and evil face,
To take away the guilt from last months bombing runs,

Let's remember past events to perpetuate the game,
Make ourselves holier than now using OUR God's name,
Make everyone on our side indulge in our ignorant bliss,
If you're not on our side, you're either a terrorist or godless

Ignorance has always done well as majority's friend,
No room for the minority when the majority's enlightened,
Rome vs. the barbarians, classic good vs bad renewed,
All the while, everyone not realizing from which eyes they see through, too

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