As you grow, from child to adult
You’re taught the ideal
It’s broadcast through the media
It’s preached with great appeal
Before long the message becomes your own
You sell yourself on it because it’s all you’ve known
The pattern is there, society set the template
Rung by rung you climb the ladder
College, job, career…
Spending time with friends
Repeating the same stories over beer
Marriage arrives as a means to an end
Buy the house you can’t afford
White picket fence with kids in the yard
Annoying neighbors as far as the eye can see
You may not want it, but you asked for it: The American Dream
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