Poetry Report: I Don’t Have a Dream

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“can we stop all these leaves from
falling from the trees while we’re at it?”

Please don't give in, Barack. Consider the alternatives.

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I Don't Have A Dream


When the President caves
and gives us everything
we want, why stop there?

Why isn't that
Whoopie show
still on TV?

I still use a land line.
I don't think we need
all these calculator
phones.

And why is it
they're always out
of Beijing Beef when
I'm at Panda Express?

I think they should
be bringing back the Penny Farthing
that old bicycle with
one giant wheel
and one tiny wheel
so when I'm in my district
I can penny farthing
to and fro across the land
tipping my bowler hat to the common folk,
eating my plentiful Beijing Beef
without worrying about
a calculator phone.

"Oh simple woman of the street
I see you have the consumption."

"That's right sir, good thing I don't
have health care. I'd rather die
from a grim, phlegmatic drowning
in my own fluids than benefit
from socialized medicine.
Keep up the good work, Congressman!
God bless yougghhhhghghg!"

"No. God bless America!"

Also, can we stop all these leaves from
falling from the trees while we're at it?

If the President can do that
then maybe, maybe,
I'll think about not
destroying America.

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