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American
Gothic
America is the three hundred pound gorilla
,
that sticks a fork in his arm and brags
"it don't hurt man!". Then rides the subway
train ,complaining about paying adult
fare,
while taking up two seats in the middle
isle.
America is the middle school bully that
tugs the pony tail of school yard girls
,
taunting them with elastic slingshots.
Then shares his lunch with you and asks
you about your poetry . |
America is the well-toned James Dean adolescent
who steals the panties from young teenage
girls , then cries out loud when his mother
won't call .
America is a dual-carb 450 cubic-inch red
Buick that rides the curb of the pedestrian
lane
on its way to Sunday school , stopping
once
to pick up a hitchhiker . |
America is the well-endowed country girl
who
sits through an Arthur Miller play , polishing
her nails , then comments "You know, my
cousin
used to be in sales - no kidding".
America is the old woman who sits at the
park
bench , fumbling the Wall street journal
, while
knitting socks for her chihuahua . |
America is the blue pickup truck full
of gas that
overturned on the bypass , spilling its
payload of
supermarket flyers for the morning paper
.
America is the nineteen year-old girl
who propositions you , then later explains
her
genealogy from the Plymouth rock to Upper
West side .
Finally, giggling that she's really conducting
a
survey for her NYU thesis . |
America is the taxi at the curb , that
waits
day and night with engine running , even
when
the streets have been closed for days
for a
civic parade . |
Copyrights©1999 Ja Uhm
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