Anti-American?
Because I call Bush a war criminal
Who should be hauled in before the Hague
And stand trial?
Anti-American
For reading Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson,
Since every Midwest atom belonging to me as good belongs to you?
Anti-American
For my laughter provoked by Groucho, Woody, and Soupy,
Because the food in this place is really terrible, … yeah, and in such small portions?
Anti-American
Because I say that the U.S. has no right
To be in Afghanistan and Iraq
And needs to pay reparations for the destruction it has wreaked?
Anti-American
For appreciating Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Snyder,
And putting my Shimmelstoy shoulder to the wheel?
Anti-American and anti-African-American
Because I see that Obama is continuing & expanding
Bush and Cheney’s illegal, immoral and endless war on terror?
Anti-American
For seeing Zwerg, Nash, & King,
As true American heroes for disturbing of white/American supremacist status quo?
Anti-American
Because I think U.S. owes people of former Indochina—
B-52 bombing trauma, Agent Orange birth defects, generational ripple effect of Army/Marine slaughters of the innocent–
More hundreds of billions beyond that paid out to Wall Street thieves and scoundrels?
Anti-American
For my uncountable hours listening to Supremes, Dylan, and Jojo
While you used to laugh about everybody that was hangin’ out?
Anti-American
Because we were opposed
To Reagan bloodbaths in Central America, SOA assassins, and Clinton sanctions against Iraqi children?
Anti-American
For learning from Megan Heeney, Hedy Epstein, and Eric Sears
Local gurus who act globally?
