Yankee Heart: An Exploration of American Cowboy Psychology

	Who sayz Uncle Sam is heartless?

	Dat's a big mistake:
	Sam's a caring critter
	concerned about rank 'n face.

	He's got a macho image ta maintain
	and would rather die
	than be 2nd rate.

	Sam zz nut a logical bugger:
	his pecker is red-blooded
	& straight

	Born for action
	in wide, wild, open country
	Sam makes a terrific cowboy -
	but lousy statesman.

	Yep, Sam is sensitive
	'n cares about what udders think.

	Uncle Sam has a heart -
	Gawd bettcha!

	But
	in many ways his
	ethics stink. 


Terri: This poem is worthless. . . over-generalizations like this do no good.

Tim:   Don't be so certain. What seems worthless now might have value later.

Sam:   (shaking his head) Don't worry. No one can read it or really cares about poetry anyway . . .

Kris:  (sigh) Yeah, it's all irrelevant! Hey, can someone pass me another beer?


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A futile, flawed attempt to deconstruct the mythical ethos of the hyper-masculine, mutant American male. 
KEYWORDS:  American stereotypes, Yankee psychology, American male ethos, hypermasculinity, alpha male syndrome

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2002 in Nagoya / Finished: 2015 in Tokyo
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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