these are hiccups
in an otherwise
perfectly fine society
perfect in most ways
we claim to be
now back to your regularly
scheduled programing
programmed not to see
hiccups as anything more
than a glitch
in american folklore
will there be anymore
hiccups
but of course
this is not a myth
not an old wives tale
without fail
these things happen
now and then
they happen
time and again
and again
and again
we’re failing
and its not
just the rust belt anymore
now it knocks
on Hollywood’s door
a generation has grown up
playing war
on X-Box
and Playstation
playing first-person
shooter games
their whole summer vacation
a generation conditioned
to think that violence
is the answer
with their parents supporting war
but walking a mile
to cure cancer
and their kids learn
that white middle class
lives matter
but as their bank accounts
got fatter
the thing they lacked was love
but when they acted out
all they got was drugs
ritalin and adderall
heres a fifty
go to the mall
buy yourself that
new video game,
whats it called?
oh, they’re all the same
and its all the same stories
year after year
we still cheer
as bombs drop
overseas
and call the cops
when we see
a black kid
in our neighborhood
must be up to no good
and we don’t care
when we find out
his uncle lives there
we’ll still stare
then cry it’s unfair
when a white kid
shoots up his school
he must be the exception
that proves the rule
but it happens more
and more
these hiccups
causing sore throats
nothing to worry about
but fear those immigrants
on boats
escaping our bombs
here,
give junior these pills
they should calm him
if not
his future’s not yet grim
he can join the army
be all he can be…
oh, he shot up
his college campus
we never saw it coming.
soitgoes1984 