monkey see – monkey do

the president hurls insults
at his everyone
enemies

the father humiliates his son––
the daughter screams at her
mom

the parents fight
& start edging towards
divorce… or
worse

we finally have a gold-plated
exemplar
of our lowest
selves––

now we can see how to
say whatever we want
whenever we want––

now we know how to
do whatever we want
whenever we want

fuzzy civility &
courtesy be
damned––

we’re damn
mad

politically correct
means impenetrable concrete
walls
& a nation of immigrants
turned against
immigrants

maybe we can love
our neighbors if
they’re just like us
& not poor

we need guns & gates &
armies to protect
our treasures
& our selves––

only the rich
can be trusted
with money

the poor are the needy
who want what’s
mine

i can spray my hate
where ever i
want

because I’m
#1 & I come
first

i want to play golf
every day just like the
president––
& own everything
as far as i
can see––

i want money &
power––
all of it––

i want never to
be wrong––
& to never need to
be right

only the stupid pay
taxes––
why give when you're
smart enough
to take?