U.S. foreign policy
dumb as shit we’d say
not mean or crazy
because
Congress didn’t ask tough questions
or demand accountability
the result is what’s with the bunny
though they oppose it
95% of Americans
haven’t been touched by the war
or the celebrity rumors
where everyone has something to hide
click to reveal their secrets
but most don’t realize
sexuality is more blurred than people
make it out to be
like John Travolta’s Hairspray
a mac baby
with massive armpits

you read it here first
has national post-traumatic stress syndrome
click here go shopping
stain your blouse and not care
become not mean or crazy
just dumb as shit

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Nicole Henares lives and teaches in San Francisco where she hustles language and the willing suspension of disbelief to high school students.