Umpteen Ways of Fucking Up a Country (A Short List)
Tell the people they are the best, the greatest, the free
Tell the people to get a job
Tell the people that to be poor and brown
and to walk across an imaginary line
to get a job is a crime
Tell the people that to be brown and/or queer and/or trans
is a crime
Teach the people one language
and one language only and
say it is the best
Tell the people there is a pill for everything
Tell the people who are sick
that no one fucking cares
Tell the people to go shopping
Have the people pull tons of carbon
from the earth, then burn it or
spill it upon the waters
Tell the people anyone can be president some day
Tell the people you have a plan
Tell the people to be afraid
Tell the people you are keeping them safe
on this side of the wall
