we’re tossing and turning green

weaning ourselves off of the grid

from the fables

from the troth

from the cables

euthanizing everyone

for authenticated truth

IT’S AN EMPIRE!

without a Cincinnatus

without a panther of any color

just bridges collapsing,

holding hundreds of Guy Fawkeses

this is a country that thrives on war

so it’s only natural that we would

develop an allergy to one another

argument seems to be the only thing

anymore

that brings us together

you are wrong, you are wrong,

I am wrong

and they may not be right

but they’ve kept their guns

the strongest number

have kept their guns

and guns don’t change

and they won’t apologize

when they spray us to smithereens