Where Did All The Stuntmen Go?

Who robbed us of our raw gritty determinism?

What hindered our national drive to excel and achieve?

When did we lose our gusto and American Ingenuity?

Why didn’t Houdini return from the grave?

How did we lose our competitive edge of the Hay Day?

Where did all the stuntment go?

Hasn’t anyone heard of George Washington Carver?

Shouldn’t there be a George Washington Carver Institute? 

He was a fine American. Full of Great American Ideas.

Men used to invent things, like Nikola Tesla.

Men used to spark revolutions and write manifestos, like Thomas Jefferson.

Men used to have a sense of duty, like Horacio Brooks.

Men used to navigate the globe, like Charles Lindbergh. 

Men used to take risks, like Harry Houdini.

Men used to take on the tasks of the world, like Jay Gould.

Men like these built America.

Women used to invent things, like Marie Curie.

Women used to spark revolutions and write manifestos, like Abigail Adams. 

Women used to have a sense of duty, like Clara Barton.

Women used to navigate the globe, like Amelia Airhardt. 

Women used to take risks, like Shirley Chisolm. 

Women used to take on the tasks of the world, like Harriet Tubman.

Women like these built America.

America used to be the crux upon which the world rested.

America used to be paved with streets of gold.

America used to be the momentum of the earth’s rotation. 

American used to be the center for innovation. 

American used to be raw.

Where did all the stuntmen go?