remembering the fear and trembling in his gut
he hoarsely mumbled at the cupboard
seeing nothing on the shelf
coughing up a hunger pang
fumbling through his pocket
it was '92 back then
selfish and uptight bush one
screwing people over
closing crucial social programs
hordes of homeless without recourse
peeing in the streets
age of callous half hearted indifference
humanity had vanished
banished from their lexicon
corporate shysters jockeying for titles and positions
in flurries of worry they scurried about
more and more shiftless
prune faced republicans
protected by a bitchslap book of regulations
hollow and greedy the starched right radical
exploiting ignorance
harvesting the couch potato
plopped into each satellite dish
draconian distorted views
and turned ass backwards jingoism
oh say can you see via cable tv