Within that address, Barack Obama is concentrating on two main issues;
Reduction of the national debt as well as an emphasis on expenditure, especially on schooling. Obama claims that planning for the future of schooling would hold the running smoothly in the years.
Government expenditure must be recognised by people since it impacts their everyday life, from taxation deducted from their pay packets to both the social welfare of all residents.
Reading the phrase "The powwow" I imagined a really loud sound triggering my sense of hearing. You can tell that some sort of explosion or accident has happened or is being referred to in the poem.