A short piece about the red, white, and blue. And it rhymes too!
Four thumbs up for the chemical neuter.
Chalk-outlined grassy knoll for the shooter.
Bolt action liposuction,
Marlboro man(ifestation),
Schizophrenic instruction,
The silent suicide of a nation.
Could tell you know this ends,
With cyclical diminishing trends.
Could, but you already know,
Seen a new
Clear winter
With ash
Instead
Of snow.
Glimpse of an image to set the mood:
Apes in a cage
With one piece of food.
Your god has grown bored
And changed the channel.
Your prophets ignored
Your desperate pleas for flannel.
His holiness, Armani,
Donates turtlenecks to your army.
Your sacred Denny's,
Keeps you car-bound for pennies.
Your master, Shell,
Knows the answer,
But won't tell.
Your savior, T.V.,
Will show you everything
(Except what you're not supposed to see).
Diebold dictatorship;
Captains of a sinking ship
Where the lifeboats are few
And there's no room
For you.
(Praise the Ford)