ACTIVISM, ITS NOT HAPPENING
AND NOT IM TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
IM NOT TRYING TO MOTIVATE, ENERGIZE
ITS OVER
PEOPLE HAVE PROVEN THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE
SHIFT REARRANGE, REORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE, AND THEN DISSAPOINT
DON’T GET ME WRONG I WANT TO BELIEVE IN PEOPLE
I WANT TO TAKE MY TORCH AND HUNT THE DRAGON
I WANT THE RADIO FLYER TO BE MORE THAN A WAGON
I WANT A WHOLE ARMY OF MY COUNTRYMEN TO FIGHT IN DEFIANCE OF TYRANNY
BUT ITS SEAN CONNERY, NOT JAMES BOND
ITS CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, BUT BELIEVE FROM OUR SOFA
ITS HOMER SIMPSON INSTEAD OF HOMER
AND JENNIFER ANNISTON INSTEAD OF “WHO CARES ABOUT FUCKING JENNIFER ANNISTON”
ITS ALWAYS WORDS AND SYMBOLS AND IDEALOGIES
BUT THE ONLY CHAMPIONS I SEE ARE IN BUSINESS AND SPORTS
THE ONLY HEROES I HAVE ARE 20 YEAR OLDS TRAINED TO KILL ARABS
THE ONLY PERSON BEHIND ME IS NO ONE, NOT EVEN ME
CAUSE WHILE I DWELL ON MIKE HEROLD’S PROBLEMS
OBAMA DWELLS ON OBAMAS PROBLEMS
AND NO ONE VOTES FOR KUCINICH, NOT EVEN ME
ITS INEVTIABLE, THIS COUNTRY IS TOO BIG AND CONFIDENT FOR A REVOLUTION,
OUR BORDERS ARE TOO REAL, OUR ECONOMY IS TOO REAL, OUR RELIGION IS TOO REAL
COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING, COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING
COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING, COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING
AND WHILE WE WIN OUR SOFTBALL GAMES AND PROMOTIONS, THE WORLD PRAYS, MOTHERS CRY, AND FOR BETTER REASONS THAN WE CRY.
WE SUCK, OUR COUNTRY SUCKS. IS OUR COUNTRY GOOD? NO, IT SUCKS.
IT SUCKS BECAUSE IT’S THE LAND OF ME, THE LAND OF MY LIFE, WHO IS MY WIFE, AND WHAT IS MY SON DOING TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT CHINA IS BETTER, CHINA WON, CHINA WINS,
IN THE COMPETITION OF LOVE, PEACE, FAMILY, SIMPLICITY, AND TRADITION, CHINA PUTS US TO SHAME.
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i think i'm following the poem...
ReplyDeletekind of.
favorite line:
IT SUCKS BECAUSE IT’S THE LAND OF ME, THE LAND OF MY LIFE, WHO IS MY WIFE, AND WHAT IS MY SON DOING TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD.
well done, michael herold, well done
lol. i'm a fan of the poem, but i think you went in a couple if disparate directions. i really REALLY like the line that stephen quoted. you could always put up a revised version of a poem, herold
ReplyDeleteThis poem is excellent! It really gets at the heart of some issues, I think.
ReplyDeleteMike, you have a unique gift for seeing and describing the world.
These are my favorite lines:
ITS CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, BUT BELIEVE FROM OUR SOFA
ITS HOMER SIMPSON INSTEAD OF HOMER
.....and....
ITS ALWAYS WORDS AND SYMBOLS AND IDEALOGIES
BUT THE ONLY CHAMPIONS I SEE ARE IN BUSINESS AND SPORTS
THE ONLY HEROES I HAVE ARE 20 YEAR OLDS TRAINED TO KILL ARABS
THE LAST POEM
ReplyDeletei went overboard, but this is "fast poems", so i just let it ride and thats what the old prefrontal cortex came up with.
i like this country is what i'm saying.