Tuesday, July 26, 2011

All Those Silly Americans

medicate me America
fill me with those drive threw hand outs
pump me full of all that naive freedom
till my veins fill up.
till I’m bleeding at the spot you stuck your needle
bleeding all that red white and blue

You make me feel like a young starlet
all swooped hair and painted eyes
and that fake beauty mark by my lip
all Xanax and Prozac in the hotel room

Take another
put it in your mouth
let it all fly

“I want you”
you tell us
but how?
how do you want us?
doped up?
a nice calm?
a nice nothing?

drive by all those quick stop stores
with their drive threw stands
I’d like a sandwich, a fry, and a handful of Oxy
I’d like a mind, a life, and
you to mind you own fucking business
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    You and me are going to Canada. Pack a bag. I'll meet you there in an hour.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 4:07 AM

    Okay! Sorry! Are you going to eat the rest of that sandwich??

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  3. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallJuly 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    SAD, WELL STATED,

    HAPPY RALLY.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    What a thought provoking piece for such a prescient youth! I bet many people in America have these sentiments. A very profound read! Thank you for sharing!

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  5. UnknownJuly 30, 2011 at 5:37 AM

    very poignant and powerful ...well done and thanks for sharing

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  6. Miss KittenJuly 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Love the bitterness! I can totally relate. Well done, indeed.

    /An American Expat living in Sweden

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  7. ChristineJuly 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Interesting, and heart wrenching at the same time.

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  8. mindsingerJuly 30, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Too bad you've never met us middle Americans. Those of us who raise the food and love the earth. We have no hand outs.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    Powerful writing I understand what you are talking about the Novocaine culture of numbing our hearts and minds with so-called quick fixes

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  10. AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    lol, read my They left it up to us to save the world, lol, well done, thank you, much appreciated, WS

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  11. Center ShockerJuly 31, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    good writeup!

    http://achu89.blogspot.com/

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  12. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    One day we may be able to order Oxy with our $1 large coke.. isn't that classy?

    well done, I enjoyed this entry, thanks for sharing (:

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  13. MelleAugust 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Love this, very immediate, and very in-your-face. Two small things - drive-thru is the standardized spelling, and in the final stanza, you want it to read "with their" as it requires the possessive. The last line is absolutely priceless and really nails your idea to the wall, metaphorically speaking. well done!

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  14. PaigeAugust 23, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    thank you all for your nice words. and thank you for the grammer advice.

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