Overheard at Booth 5: I Asked America

from 365.


I asked America, hey
why did you
let your bankers
play with our cash like it was monopolymoney
and stuff us so deep into a recession that
the rest of the world imploded with us?

And America told me, shut up
go back to watching Breaking Bad.

I asked America, hey
why do you get so mad about
health care for the poor and the children
and immigrants that you have fights in
town halls where people are biting off fingers?

And America told me, shut up
and go back to watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

I asked America, hey
why do you let big business buy
and sell and trade your senators on the
open market, like they were tarts who
will open their legs for some caviar and wine?

And America told me, shut up
and go back to watching American Dad.

I asked America, hey,
why are you sending your military
over to deserts for more than ten years,
doing nothing but exploding the last of our
standing, and draining every single dollar
this country has, putting us in a hole we'll
never get out of?

America told me, shut up,
and go back to watching Weeds.

I asked America, hey
why are you making your citizens
disappear
after tapping their phones
in direct violation of the Constitution of the
United States of America,

America told me, shut up,
and start watching your back.