Contumely

the dawning of a new year

plods unwaveringly toward

the sheared sheep

while we

the sheep waiting to be sheared

shoot play rockets in the air

blow up balloons

to bring in this new decade

our leaders

from Hussein to the

Senate and the House of Representatives

on down to local elected officials

are spittin' in our faces

and calling it rain

nothing but abuse of power

they're stickin' it to us

because they can

they are not only discourteous

they are sneeringly disrespectful

used to be

once upon a time

there were two parties

in Washington

one balancing the other out

no more

Hussein's party is like pit bulls

always on the attack

never letting go of the prize

the other one

the limp-wristed one's

the Runpublicans

tuck their tails and slink away

while the majority of the American public

is being dealt

degrading and insulting defeat

as religious totalitarianism

can you say theocracy

is beginning to be smelled from afar

(where's the ACLU)

plants its foot

squarely on our backs

somewhere, somehow the idea of government

by and for the people

have been discarded like so many

table scraps

after an elite and smug banquet

while we

find ourselves clinging to beliefs of old

such as

pride in who we are

Americans

not championing diversity

Americans

not Mexican-Americans

Polish-Americans

Native-Americans

Whatever-and-Whoever-Americans

Americans

to stand up for diversity

is foolish and destructive

see what it has gotten us, huh?

the mere word

diverse means different

not the same

different

the crack in the Republic has been widened by that word

if you live in America

legally

you should call yourself an American

fuck the hyphen

standing strong and united

for the mother country

not

putting her down

we have lost our soul

suicide by apathy

a very slow bleed

©December 25, 2009 / Jerry Pat Bolton