In These United States- an Observation

In these United States,
a lower income child
who rises to middle class by a puritan work
ethic in parents who moved forward,
in spite of
hardships, health traumas, financial trials and fatigue,
sometimes develops, as an adult, a sense of wonder
at how it ALL works
and a high regard for the process
that when incorporated into this American life
propels many to that place we call
"BETTER".

In these United States
that can happen.

That is a good of this land.

But beneath that
good lies factions of self promoting "justice" systems
that have corrupted and broken into indiscernable pieces
so small they are not recognized as broken,
until the particulates of their fragmented glass
take a life on of their own,
rising up out of darkness to ambush
and cut their  targets visciously
without true cause or merit.

In these United States
that, too, can happen.

That is a bad of this land.