This poem and the one that follows, though written almost 35 years apart, both highlight the distress I have had with America since Vietnam.  Now, in the 21st century we enter another dark chapter in American history.  Many Americans seem happy to vote for a man who has 90 felony charges, a rape conviction, stole Top Secret documents from the American government and bilked the country out of $400+ million dollars in unpaid taxes.  Moreover, the Supreme Court has granted immunity for all crimes by presidents in and out of office.  This means that all the soldiers who gave their lives for the freedom in the USA have done so for nothing.  We now have a dictator and a king.  This November was likely our last election, and we will see more of our rights and freedoms taken away by authoritarians disguised as a “Christians.”  If this weren’t so tragic, it would seem unbelievable.  It couldn’t happen here!  Ultimately, my feelings reverted to how I felt as a pre-teen in America.  I thought we had moved past this, but we are returning to the 1950s.  Young people will have to fight the old culture and political wars again.  I hope they have learned something from our past struggles.