Americans
We are a restless bunch of rag-tag,
can't mind our own business,
pave over our neighbors if we can,
get ahead, sink or swim motherfuckers.
Take what we aren't given
Take what we don't need
Everything is rushed
Everything important
We design devices that,
as metaphors, function too well.
Treadmills. Perhaps
they're really a joke
on ourselves.
Seeking only wealth,
following boot-strap pulling,
ladder-climbing
horse-shit lies.
Get ahead.
Get ahead.
Get.
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