Searching for Uncle Sam:

The Pursuit of a Myth

Uncle Sam – why are you hiding?
Why don't you appear?
Have you taken up a different occupation
or succumbed to fear?

Dear Sam –
many people are looking for you
& hoping you're alive.
Please tell them
democracy has passed away –
but deceit & venality thrive.

One word of caution:
Don't feed people much bullshit –
Small amounts argh tolerable
but overloads turn us
into Trumpian pigs &
cause common sense to quit.

Be brave enough
to tell Americans the truth:
money alone determines
what people can
or cannot do.

Kris:

(chuckling) There's something ridiculously naive about this author. Uncle Sam is a myth like Santa Claus and John Henry.

Tim:

Precisely. In one sense, myths are larger than life. The icons people believe in have more power than flesh and blood. Reality is seldom as powerful as myth.

Sam:

Shrewd leaders feed the myths to the masses in order to realize their own agendas. Myths give people a reason for living. Without myth, there's a curious hollowness to existence.

Terri:

In that sense myths, are pre-eminent propaganda tools.