It’s been red vs. blue
for so long we’ve been numbed
and blinded
to the real battle
between the oligarchs in power
and me and you.
Corrupt men
propped up by mountains of bodies,
oil-slicked waters,
flat-top mountains,
landfills, dollars drenched in sweat and tears
hard-fought but easily and gleefully stolen
by those who would claim
they serve in the people’s name.
They raise the temperature
and poison the water.
It doesn’t matter to them
in their conclaves
air-cooled and charcoal-filtered.
They won’t feel the effects of their actions
and they care nought about the generations
they leave behind.
They spin their divisive threads of rhetoric
and keep spears pointed at each other
our heads barely above the water
struggling so hard to keep afloat
we don’t notice the water they dump in.
This country
once so proud and acclaimed
now cannot even claim
the United in its name.