Alternate Realities

1

God Bless the United States of America

And the sixty-three states that make it stand

From Sonora to Albertia

Arctic freeze to desert sand

2

I would come to where you are

Cross the melted terrain

Except the radioactive scar

From the Cuban missile's reign

3

I miss the Presidents Kennedy

Bobby most of all

They brought me a hopeful serenity

Until the Nixonian Fall

4

All the beautiful championships!

The Tigers have caught the World Series by the tail!

10 years in a row without a slip!

Always on top of the baseball world and nary a fail!

5

I don't have my papers in an ordered row

O Please don't take me!

I won't take my star off again; it will always show

I promise it will be where the SS can see

6

Wasn't I smart?  Wasn't I fine?

I bet it all on Microsoft in 1981

Now I'm sitting on a gold mine

Just ascend Strait Tower to Penthouse One

7

It's a Christomerican Dominionist nightmare

Unless you're of them and until you're out

You're in - at least until they decide to pare

From the inner circle's blessed clout

8

I was born way down South in the land of cotton

Where attachment to the USA has been long forgotten

Don't Look Away!  Don't Look Away!

God Bless the CSA!

9

Huzzah!  Huzzah! Are you ready for Season 10!

America's most enduringly popular show- 

I'll sure as heck be seated when

Fox has Captain Malcolm Reynolds and Firefly in tow!

10

All praise that global warming is only a minor nuisance

Thanks so much to the efforts of President Gore

Alternate fuel development has reduced our carbonated footprance

And prevented Atlanta from being our new shore

11

President Carter made it a top priority in his second term

Spending on the NIH like we were trying to make it the moon

He knew that the curse of cancer was a major concern

And it led to a victory that happened so gratefully soon

12

We planted the American flag on Mars in 1986

Just like My Weekly Reader promised me

It took amazing science and imagination; a clever mix

That took the age of greed into the age of we

13

The war on drugs resulted in a surrender

We didn't need our prisons filled with potheads

Better spend on a student than a prisoner

Better a prison with empty beds

14

The moment brought tears to my eyes

President Sanders signing Medicare For All

He fought off all the right wing lies

And finally brought universal healthcare to us all

15

Alternate realities crash constantly in my brain

Every time I wake up, I wonder if I'm somewhere else

As if this morning I've boarded a different train

Hurtling towards a reality previously never felts