Life As A Highway Robber

Escape from captivity pulled off
when I came of age
boyhood begrudged,
and bested by brigandage,

but willpower sans declaration
of independence begot bravery
against British brutes
bridging caper (involving collusion)

to bust loose from cage,
and trappings forcibly to plunder artworks
and sculpted treasures
by classical masters

without causing damage
taught by professional thieves
requiring minimal equipage
whereat over time footage

sordid memory constantly replayed
plunder and pillage unwittingly
fostering getaway
from hell raising gambits

planting seed to gauge
optimal instance cut footloose
cutting dashing Dickensian goniff
to feign criminal shenanigans
running rampant with militant spunky gangs

"FAKING" das spies zing
trumpeting hostage killing
and taking, nonetheless
swallowing bitter pill

reeking havoc as honorable image
in order to survive
within world wide
web of criminals (especially

an unwelcome foreigner),
where skills as buccaneer
really put to test, and tried
maximum lawlessness partaken

in (dolled up) guise suppressing shied
pitifull looking indigent vagabond
self away by donning
"FAKE" whippersnapper
benefiting getting to sally and ride
always exuding patriotic pride

pleasing ghosts of founding fathers
against their autonomy from
crown weathering woe be chide
recrimination impossible

to enforce as bride
of Lady Liberty opened arms for those,
who made dangerous journey
across avast ocean

only to confront (whodunit) thuggery
this lifestyle raping, looting,
and burning WITHOUT choice,
but guilt aye didst abide.
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Retrospective many generations since
marking birth of a nation
(The United States of America),
now mecca, sans land of milk and honey
current president imposed antithetical ration!