American Dream Poem

The American Dream
March 04, 2009 by Rachael A. Lund

Our hearts frosted over
With concern for self
We watch over what is "mine"
Don't impede our rights
Or touch our belongings
Nor trouble us with your needs

We are happy and content
To collect more wealth
And keep it for ourselves
Don't ask us to share
For there's more we want
Our greed is unfulfilled

We must satisfy our desire
Of lust for possessions
Get a higher paying job
To buy a bigger house
And drive a newer car
Than all our neighbors and friends

Don't tell us about starving babies
Or children that sleep on the streets
We don't want to see the famine
Or hear about the world's needs
For you see we're way too busy
Living the "American Dream"

This poem shows how greedy Americans are. Is ironic how Rachael Lund Says "Don't tell us about starving babies or children that sleep on the streets we don't want to see the famine or hear about the world's needs for you see we're way too busy living the "American Dream". In simple irony she lets us know that Americans are too busy living their lives to care about others, which relates to the technique used to punish undoucumented lawbreakers. Deportation also contributes to American's greediness. I am not saying all Americans are greedy, but the majority that believe and fallow the American dream, they are. They do not care if these illegal parents have kids, nor do they care that these undocumented's legal children suffer from hunger, depression, sadness, abuse or any negative damage possible. All they ever care is about themselves. To think about a method that separates families and hurts legal children is cruel and selfish.