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America the Dutiful
by Sari Grandstaff
If it doesn't make cents,
it doesn't make a difference.
You get all dollared up,
sweet as money for your big date
your breath so fresh
from an after-dinner mint,
I don't ever want to loot you.
Sure even the children know,
good parents, we ad-ucate them.
You can telemom anything
oh please, give me
a commercial break already
our soldiers die for this?
It's bomb approved
American values can't be taught
but they can be bought
Talk to your doctor
there's always medicoin for that.
We'll buck you up when you're down,
hey, are you having fund yet?
Food-stamped
with the seal of disapproval
we make our way
along dangerous roads
without sidewalks
well-universed
in the defiances and inhumanities
we grip our plastic bags tightly
and fly across the highway
to the island on the other side
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