Exclusively for writing.com, an unreleased poem about America in 2012 |
My Friend is a Bear... When she wakes up from a nap you don't want to be standing next to her She thinks I'm making fun of her, but think about it... Fishing. Swimming. Hibernating. Eating honey. There's nothing wrong with being a bear! Except for when she goes outside Snakes want to kidnap and rape her The Grasshopper is arrested for selling his weeds as the Snake lurks in the distance, waiting to pounce and strangle all of the life out of you Lions tell her that she's fat and ugly so they can sell her beauty supplies, movies, and magazines Tigers in China want their women to work for pennies an hour, so they need my friend's job Vultures can't wait for her to need a loan, or foreclose on her home, so they can gorge themselves until they can't fly anymore (then the government helps them get on their feet again) Do you know how the Turtle really beat the Hare? He rigged the race... bought off the judges and bribed the reporters to say he won The Rabbit really beats the Turtle every time, but like our government the truth is for sale The Owl has a PhD, a PAC, and a weekly appearance on CNN He's been paid to say he doesn't know how many licks it will take Democrats and Republicans don't represent you The Turtle and the Owl are the same... They don't move unless a carrot or a lollipop's in front of their face The Pig is selling genetically modified food laced with delicious growth hormones Torturing his Cows for profits and fun But everybody wants their cheeseburger to have a good life! So the Pig also sells "health food" that tastes like the dirt it's supposed to be grown in The Sharks smell blood in the water, the price of gas continues to rise... and so do the profits Despite all of this, my friend is unfazed Bears are never scared She met a nice Bear who wanted to take care of her and her cub from a previous marriage Now they're expecting their first cub together Except the Snakes will be slithering, waiting to do unmentionable things with the cubs The Lizard is arrested for smoking his rock while your children are turned into prey The wolves will keep howling... looking to brainwash and spread lies about what their way of thinking can do for you Lions will fill the cub's heads with advertising and the need to buy things... then deny them jobs as they hire overseas Tigers in China will try to make the dollar worthless while selling them toys dripping with lead and mercury Vultures will be there if the cubs fail, always circling and looking for tragedy and hardship, always ready to collect a fee The cub's natural habitat will be sold and become property of Saudi Arabia The rivers and streams will be filled with little plastic water bottles and aluminum cans The Turtle won't represent them The Owl will use issues like illegal immigration and the "Culture War" to divide them Slaves to our debt The cubs won't have time to create their own problems They'll still be trapped in our mistakes America will be a changed place, no longer #1 in the world The fire won't burn, darkness will creep in The world's hope for freedom and dreams will go dim The Lions, Tigers, and Vultures will rule the Earth But not only is my friend a Bear, my brother is Gay My Grandma lives in Kentucky and epitomizes Middle America My other grandma was a Jew from New York City who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Growing up in Arizona I've lived with illegal immgrants, and they're just like me and you Gay. Black. Mexican. White. Muslim. Christian. Its all fake The differences between us aren't real Like a black and a brown bear Not enough of a difference to vote or kill over All of our lives we've been told about Russians, Terrorists, and Loch Ness Monsters Be scared Go to war Watch your back Hunt Eat your kill Ignore the Vultures pecking at your eyeballs Let the Lions feast on you Its the law of the jungle Wealthy or poor The laws we live by are turning the Middle Class into an endangered species My friend the Bear is fierce, but its no longer safe for her Worse yet... her cubs will one day set out in a land that is dangerous, corrupted, and not getting any better This goes against all laws of nature We're supposed to evolve The world is supposed to spin foward Our seeds should grow higher than us So I don't follow the law of the jungle anymore If I pick up a gun, I wont be shooting at the usual targets I'll be big game hunting... NOT like the rich man hunting a caged animal Like a caged animal with his hand on the trigger Aiming for the animals that are destroying our land But I love God... And I love life... So today I become a Gorilla My enemy is the axe and I'm the fist My enemy has the guns, so I use my art and my pen My enemy controls the news and the media, so I use the internet My enemy is stronger than me, but my friend is a Bear She wants her cubs to grow big and strong She pictures a land where they can be anything they want to be She wakes up every morning to raise her cubs to be the best and brightest the world has to offer So I'll gladly fight or kill any animal that tries to stop her Like a dog protecting a bone The People are my Master America is my home My friend is a bear... What kind of animal are you? |