America, since when did my perception of reality becom so twisted?
America, twenty-two thousand dollars and some cents September 22, 2008.
America I'm depressed so pump me full of Prozac.
I can't stand the silence.
America when will we end this war?
I think I might be sick.
Go fuck yourself with your Patriot Act.
America when will you stop joking?
When will you mourn your loss?
When will you see the invisible generation?
When will you be worthy of your children?
America why are your schools full of empty minds and broken cell phones?
America when will you send us your love?
I'm tired of your truth regime.
America, your car won't start. When can I go to the BP station and buy gas with my double-d's?
America after all there's a lot more to be had.
Your demand for oil is too much for me.
You made me want to convert.
The news media is more slanted than a steeple roof.
Instant entertainment is more than I can bear.
Fraser is in Maine, she's definitely not coming back.
America stop pushing me.
I don't read the front section of the newspaper, but I read our horoscopes and do the crossword puzzle at work.
America, your arrogance gives me an itch.
I'm trying to be polite.
America, the cherry blossoms refuse to bloom for you.
America tell me, what does it mean to feel sentimental?
I refuse to give up my addiction. I'm dancing all the time. I smoke a Camel Light every chance I get. It's getting kind of expensive.
America if anarchy reigns who would provide the sharpie markers for bathroom stalls?
When I go to sleep I dream of getting laid, but it's been months since.
America no man has ever given me an orgasm, is it my fault or theirs?
I've decided I'm nothing but trouble.
You should've seen me reading Plato.
My mother says I'm wrong. I tell her she's grown senile.
America, I'm too serious for everyone but me.
I can't remember my father's face.
I have delusions about your future.
America I still haven't told you about the perverted old geezer who lived next door to me when I was eight.
America it's my turn.
America it's gotten to the point where I don't know what feminism is anymore. Freud lied. Women are not the problem.
If Palin is the ideal woman what does that make me?
America why do you keep asking me to conform?
September 13, 2008 I registered to vote. What difference did I make?
I'm sick of your politics and promises. First it was Germany and Japan, then it was Russia, now it's the Middle East. Where does it stop?
America stop pointing your finger.
America where have you banished the voices of dissent?
America, I will not plead the fifth.
America, who said dance requires a partner?
America, why are you so afraid?
This trickle effect isn't working.
America, I want to see your ID.
America stop hitting on me, I just want to go to school.
America what happened to your Dream? Do you remember what it was like to be radical?
America, can't you just say "please" and "thank you" and "your welcome"? Am I asking too much?
America stop gorging yourself on million dollar corporations and nonfat lattes with whipped cream. When will you realize your children have grown fat?
America minimum wage is just not enough to make the rent.
America stop telling me what I need to do, don't you trust me?
How can I write the next great American novel when David Foster Wallace chose death?
I think communism could make a comeback.
I think I could too.
America when will you be righteous again?
America, maybe it's time for another revolution.
America, does this make me a traitor?
Maybe I should get a second opinion. Or maybe I should get a psychiatrist.
I think I need a drink.
America you're too much and not enough.

~Inspired by Allen Ginsberg's America (1956)