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America
Dear America, I’ve forgotten how to talk to you, so I'm writing to you instead. America, when did you abandon us? America dear, I used to worship you like a god. You were God, America, to small hands clapping and small eyes bulging at red, white, and blue fire works raining down over Wollaston Beach. I sat on your typical American beach wall with bikers howling and laughing, revving their steel buffalo to my left, and to my right, teenage Casanovas atop their curvaceous prey on a hot July night. America I don’t trust you anymore. Can you tell, America, when you’re lying, or have your lies turned into your perception of the truth? America, foul blood pumps through your veins under the same guise as our vessels of hope: politicians, bankers, and soldiers. America, when will you stamp your foot upon blow, smack, crack, and meth, or do you like us dazed and unnoticing. America when did you fall from grace? America when did you lose your faith? America why do you wear fake wings pasted to your back? America when will you give up the facade and begin anew? America, Stop. America why is the death of a little black girl different than a little white girl? America your equal opportunity isn’t working. America you’re the smartest-most powerful country in the world, is affirmative action equal opportunity the best you can do? When has taking something away from one group of poor people ever helped another group of poor people, America? America, if there is freedom of speech and equal opportunity, then why will people look down on this white cracker boy for asking this? America why do I read novels about crime when I could just read your papers? Is it because James Patterson is a better writer than the Clark Kent community? Or is it because I can pretend his writings don’t reflect your reality, America? America when will you stop writing about crime and start stopping it? America when will you stop worshipping fake heroes and start paying attention to Average Joe? America when will you put Charles Manson to death and resurrect the innocents you have killed? America, Ginsberg wrote this letter too, or don’t you remember? Are you still Ginsberg’s America? Or did you forget America? America why are you as forgetful as Clinton is lustful? America what’s wrong with the commander in chiefs lust? America why do you persecute your sex drive? America dear, how come you let the CIA and every government bureau and agency wipe their asses with the Constitution? America why haven’t you written a ‘Dear Andrew’ Letter? Fuck you America, Fuck you, the Redsox, and the MBTA Andrew. |