how to burn an american quilt

it all came on so suddenly

that even the fastest jackrabbit alive

might have had a problem getting the best of it,

but as monkey sees

monkey will do &

when the wrong person with a rebellious look in their eyes

held up the woven quilt

which designed as the american flag

had all the names of the presidents of the US &

all the public celebrities out there today

making moola on their music & their movies

tattooed all over it,

with meticulously fine stitched faces of american

soldiers who had been killed by the force that

the US just doesn’t like,

in this country of dispute---

hell, it was a media extravaganza &

when all the cameras had captured the moment,

when the things started to be engulfed in flames

the citizens of the empire were whipped up into

hysteria

by the pump pump pumping

propaganda machine,

which has improved so much since earlier times it was needed

by the military acting on behalf of those with

property & power,

pulling the strings to get what they want &

never having to smile at the camera themselves

because their idiot figureheads will do it for them,

reelected every 2-4 years

in order to make the same stirring folk

who think that they are powerless in comparison,

believe that this new guy/gal

is gonna really change things---

but alas,

with the burning of the great american quilt

in a country of our current disliking,

broadcasted all over the television &

all over the web,

pulsating in the little smartphones &

being commented on by facefuck & twatter,

the president didn’t even have to step up to the podium

in order to present a great speech of lies

in order to announce another invasion---

instead, the public was convinced,

because this needed to be done,

after all, they burned our little american

quilt.