Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 This U.S. Poet

United States poet I be.

I've always felt lucky by grace

That fates of fortune did put me

Into this nation, time and place.

As a poet, I believe that

It is my duty to speak out

About my homeland habitat

When powers that be cause me doubt.

We the People, I now believe

Are fed more fiction and less fact.

Powers that be seek to deceive.

It's up to us poets to act.

I am concerned, I must confess,

For the future of the U.S.