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[prosofpoetry]

I wait at Penn Station

The cradle of our nation

watch the crowds shuffle by, impatient

at the fissures between white, black, hispanic and Hatian.

They see the stars in the sky and they just imagine how

great we could all be, so just imagine now

the world without tacos, quinoa, hamburgers and kung pao

and think back to your happy place, horse and cow.

If we all just shared the stuff, we would see what’s shakin

The prices drivin’ up, mommas at home bakin’.

Philadelphia Flyers Flyin’, LA Lakers Lakin’

And Dick, Tom and Harry, in their backyard, rakin’.

[prosofpoetry]

I am but a boat

on the sea of life

tossed by the great waves of the world

I am a small boat

with holes in it

and I will fight the power that tosses me around

some boats are bigger than me

and I am made of wood.

Some boats are not made of wood.

My captain is stupid

and frequently falls asleep

This is capitalism

[prosofpoetry]

Billy overestimates other humans.

Jade does not do push-ups.

(Billy is the government. Jade is the people.)

[prosofpoetry]

Flour. Flower.

there they’re their

Message: you think the government sounds the same but it changes its looks on you.

[prosofpoetry]

QUINOA

Message: the government is a hipster trend

[prosofpoetry]

I went to bed at 9:30 last night

I woke up and the world was a new shade of bright

I shaded my eyes from the reflections in the skies.

Message: Politics is so goddamn fickle

[prosofpoetry]

It is snowing outside.

The roads have not been cleared.

Pedestrians have the right-of-way

Because their work is more important

than drivers’, according to the government.

Message: Fuck the patriarchy

[prosofpoetry]

Stand upon the towers of jello

give up the purple pillow cases

everyperson who faces rivers

shall not be weak in their liver cells

when you hear the bells chime

invent your own rhyme scheme

you will need the seams stitches

Do not spend long in riches unwon

You have no right to fun love