I feel like,
By the time I'm finished preparing for my future
I'll be too old to remember
The things I enjoy.

The poets are dead.

We killed them
Trading truthful words
For false security.

Then he said we should
just nuke
the entire Middle East.
"**** 'em!

(What’s a little radiation?),

so he could afford to
drive his “******* Corvette”
down the shore
on his Summer vacation.

Being smart--and
already rich--will
make you
rich in America.

You must register with an employment agency,
he said through a muffled yawn, to defer
your studnet loan payments for the next six months.

But don't worry, he continued, clearing his
throat and sipping what I presumed was stale coffee,
you don't have to accept any jobs that you're offered.