Dear George

Another creative writing assignment. We were supposed to write a Tony Hoagland style "angry poem."

You should be proud to be a C student.
Really, it’s a huge accomplishment –
Makes you more than qualified to lead a country.

When I say lead
I don’t mean destroy –
Corrupt –
Deceive –
Run into the ground –
No, none of those things.
Of course not.
You might send your thought-police after me.

Perhaps the real thought-crime
Is having so few intelligent ones.

But no.
Just keep fighting, just keep fighting –
Fight until there are no children left.
That is, of course,
The intelligent thing to do.
To make sure you leave no child behind.
I know how important that is to you.

But I’m proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the ones you killed,
Who gave their lives unnecessarily.

But just keep fighting.
I’ll keep fighting back
With this brain of mine,
My weapon of mass destruction,
That you have such a hard time finding.

And here they come now
To take me away on Big Brother’s orders.
Never to be seen again.
I didn’t mean it.
God bless the USA.