"I Hear My Country Singing"

Well for an English assignment we had to write a poem that followed Whitman's poem "I hear America Singing" This is what I came up with...

“I Hear My Country Singing”
By: Angela Staheli

I hear my country singing, the varied carol that I hear,
I hear my socialist leader singing as he graciously takes away my hard earned money and gives it to the “less fortunate.”
I hear the IRS singing as they tax me for all I am worth.
I hear the judge singing while he sentences the father for courageously shooting a man who was robbing his house.
I hear the environmentalists singing as they try to protect the dolphins by raising our gas prices from drilling oil in foreign countries.
I hear our Founding Fathers singing as they weep over the destruction of their life long sacrifices.
I hear the terrorists singing as they plan for a future attack on us in our vulnerable state.
I hear the unborn babies singing as they plead to their mothers not to kill their fragile souls.
I hear myself singing as I see my country going down in eternal destruction.

Yea it's a little depressing... but I wrote it right after I heard Obama had won the election, and I was a bit upset. :( haha but all well, we all carry on!