Amerika

America needs a poet for president
to help the poet in each citizen stay alive.

There have been too many bonehead actors
power-hungry lawyers
peanut-brain governors
military moguls
& plastic millionaires.

We need people
listening to antelope and caribou
not just oil executives
fixated on what their bottom lines do.

We need people
whose principles aren't up for sale:
not Mickey Mouse mannequins
mouthing clichés that are stale.

We need people
envisioning multi-ethnic peace.

And yes -
people courageous enough
to turn tools of war
into mushroom factories!

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Copyright (c) 1996, 2012 by T Newfields. All rights reserved.
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Kris: Most American presidents are chosen on the basis of good looks, military background, or religious views.
Chris: Why are most Americans so puritanical about sex, yet crass about violence?
Tim: I wish I knew the answer. Indeed, I wish it were the other way around.