![Dartboard in New York City](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/darts-new-york-city-scaled.jpg)
Missed America
![Dartboard in New York City](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/darts-new-york-city-scaled.jpg)
Darts on a board,
Red, white, and blue.
Our aim was off,
But our intentions were true.
![Dartboard in NYC.](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/darts-nyc-768x1024.jpg)
Does any of it matter,
When the game is a lie?
What happens to scorekeepers,
When the numbers die?
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/darts-close-768x1024.jpg)
The British Empire fell,
Into a colonial hell.
And we still play that game,
With our American darts.
But something has changed,
In all of our hearts.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dartboard-nyc-768x1024.jpg)
So we get high on the sidewalks,
Of New York City.
Because being stoned,
Makes the trash look pretty.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/darts-blue-shirt-768x1024.jpg)
But deep down we know,
That our scores are not true.
And our power belongs to others,
In those American colors.
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