Hymn of the Ones



We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
The ones who will plan, for five years and more.  
We’ll put an end to their ease
To their suburbs that crawl
To their love of the land
To their greed over all.
And we will make them conform
To our glamorous creed:
Take from each that is theirs
Give to all those in need.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
We enlighten our minds with the plight of the poor
For tyranny’s reach
Ignores the glad hand
That slithers the dole
Where a free people stand.
And freedom’s our price
It’s security’s fare;
Our plantation the fix
For sovereignty’s dare.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
The ones so aware, the ones who deplore
The black in your land,
The white in your souls,
The nation you’ve built-
That our progress now tolls.
The God that you trust,
The flag you still wave,
The stripes and bright stars-
Your home of the brave.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
The ones who are good, the ones we adore.
So stop all the hate

And bend at the knee
Acknowledge your sin
It’s all plain to see:
Your Constitution is dead
You’re now truly free
Social justice now rules
At your Liberty Tree.


We were the ones we’d been waiting for
We took with both hands to even the score.
But by deplorable ones
Our triumph was rent
The inevitable arc
Of history was spent:
“Make America Great”
Again, were the cries
Of the bigots who laugh
At our woeful demise.
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Submitted on April 16, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme Aaxbcbxdxd Axxcxcxexe Aacfxfxgxg Aah ixixixi aaxjxjhkxk
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,376
Words 266
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 10, 10, 10, 3, 7, 11

Eli Cawley

Xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, Islamaphobic, right-wing, Red-State, hetero-patriarchal, sexist, Tea Party Bigot. Believes in God and loves his country, the late Great USA. more…

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