panacea is
the lazy man’s
dream
the easy way out
without thinking
thinking makes us
tired
having a conscience
takes more energy
than digging a
tree hole
that’s why
politics is a
soundbite
apps make
the world seem
user-friendly when
it’s not
press a button
& you get any
thing you’ve been
conditioned to
want
anger is an inflamed
state of being
incited to riot
by fear––
we want to torture
people––
to throw them out of
our country––
to build a great high wall
to keep them
out!
we’re a nation
of immigrants without
a memory
when our country
was great––
we declared torture a
warcrime––
& now, every bit of hard or
dirty work is done
by immigrants––
we’d drown in
our own sludge
if they didn’t
clean up our
mess
our national panacea
is our “greatness again”
but we’re too bored
to remember
who we were
whenever that was