Ode to I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman
I hear America screaming,
The varied cries I hear:
Those of men,
Each one screaming as he shouldn't be,
Timid and broken.
The Caregivers screaming theirs
As they measure medicine.
The Bourgeoisie screaming that
He's lost his home.
The Survivor screams
As he's brought down in defeat.
The Wealthy screams
To be louder than the rest.
The devastated screaming of a parent
Whose child lies dead for no reason.
Each screaming what belongs to him or her
And to no-one else.
A day that belongs to them with
A night of restless sleep and
Wishing it was only a dream.
Only to wake up to scream again.
Screaming with open mouths
Their heartbreaking,
Lachrymose
Screams.