men
(white men)
(a few women)
(white women)
- oh my -

sit atop this teetering thing
called
america
called
freedom
called
(democracy)
- oh my -

blind in their mirror
of privilege
of history
of status
(of reality)
- oh my -

they
turn no cheek and cast
an ignorant bitter stone

"they take your jobs"
"they hate our freedoms"
"they are manipulators,
lairs,
murderers,
rapists,
extremists"
(terrorists)­
- oh my -

all are equated,
summed into a
logarithm of
shallow truth

"Make America Great Again"

what of the west's,
of america's
variables to this equation?

economic hegemony?
no variable
no matter
no history
no reason

assassinated leaders?
no variable
no matter
no history
no reason

moralistic edicts of right and wrong?
no variable
no matter
no history
no reason

policies to extract foreign resources and wealth?
no variable
no matter
no history
no reason

- oh my -

was it not john
a disciple of jesus
the son of god
a god
who blesses america
who said

"If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen."

was it not paul
the apostle of jesus
the son of god
a god
who blesses america
who said

"Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?"

- oh my -

hypocrisy is an acidic suicidal pill
your brother is cast in the likeness of
god

like you

a
human

a being of
fault of
merit of
sin of
good of
tribulation of
suffering of
worth

fear is an old testament to retribution
love is a new testament to reconciliation

america is the new world
(not the old)
- oh my -