promise nothing

one of the greatest
lies
in this glorious
Country
of ours
is that with hard work
you can be
wealthy and successful.

but what they fail
to tell you is that
most of the rich
were born into
the money they flaunt.

you see,
it is easy to maintain wealth
when you're
born into it.

it takes a special asshole
like Donald Trump
to file for bankruptcy
when he inherited
the beginning mass
of his fortune
from his daddy.

but they still peddle
the American Dream
in a way
that leads you to
believe
that you can be
financially aloof
just like the
'people'
you see on TV.

because if they
promise you everything
and deliver nothing,
at least they have
instilled
the grain of hope
you were looking for.

it is pretty rare
for someone to
start with nothing
and become wealthy.
when it happens
those people tend
to remember
where they came from.
they also have a tendency
to give back.
they happen to see
the problems in the world
and give as much as they can
to make it better.
but you'll never see
them on the television.
it's not hip enough
to mention.

we're only led to aspire
to the loft heights
of the entitled morons
that they show us.
you know,
the types without compassion
who are so far out
of touch that they
don't understand
that America was built
by immigrants,
the poor,
the hopeful,
the lied to.