The Warm War
Newspoem 21 March 2015
Living that American Dream
a house, a kid, 2.5 jobs
two cars at the garage
too chicken for any pot
But I'm supporting those troops!
In Afghanistanywhere I don't care where
Just sinking into that Warm War
comfy in cold and cloudy twelve-year-old bathwater
Living better than any
peasants in history
my maggot family
eating away the soft rotting corpse of empire
___ days left
before this decomposing sofa
has lost all stuffing and
only sharp rusting steel springs remain
Then we'll be eating our apps
But no no no
Hey hey hey hey hey
Relax
Kick back
Just sink into
the Warm War