sp in east la, ese

Congress
spineless wench
you are!
all in favor
war overseas
"yea"
sit at home.
mansion by lake.
sip-ping on
gin and juice.
laugh, hold
overgrown belly.
years of eating
young men's lives.
poor whites,
blacks,
Mexicans,
anyone you can
get your hands
on that isn't
Little Jimmy,
last in his
class at Yale.
daddy bought
the whole east
campus out.
young men
devoured by
industrial
military
complex.
our economy runs
on war spending
don't it?
hah.
look again.
$4 a gallon.
$59.99 for prom
shoes.
I can't even
afford a cheese-
burger.
much less stand
the look of
slaughtered cow
on a bun.
but you're happy.
meals for you
phat paid.
old men
I will
sell your souls
to this be-
loved
industrial
military
complex
explode your
limbs in
the desert
and claim it
was manifest destiny.